Defend the Block 310 - Mike Boynton, Jr.

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Assistant Coach Mike Boynton, Jr., joins us for a wide-ranging conversation this week on Defend the Block. Coach Boynton details his first year in Ann Arbor, reflects on some of the key moments from last season, shares some early thoughts on next year's journey, and talks some Pistons basketball.

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0:00.0	Last week on the DiMari-Bredet episode, I talked about the lessons from a full season of Dusty May leading the Michigan men's basketball program, that belief in potential success internally and externally.
0:11.7	That understanding of the general vibe and direction of the program, all of it developed over a series of decisions.
0:19.6	The first big decision that reached the public was the report about Dusty's initial
0:24.8	assistant coach hire Mike Boynton Jr. our guest today.
0:29.2	A few weeks prior to that, Boynton's first head coaching stint at the collegiate level came to an end.
0:34.8	Oklahoma State let Boynton go after seven seasons. And since arriving here in
0:39.3	Ann Arbor, Boynton has discussed the transition process from that stage of his career to this,
0:45.0	his next one. It would require the right fit. And while that's easy to say, it is evident that
0:51.2	Boynton took fit into consideration strongly, both on the floor and off.
0:57.5	On the floor, Michigan's defense had Boynton's fingerprints all over it.
1:01.6	Now, it wasn't just him.
1:03.1	Others had an impact, of course, in particular Justin Joyner, who, like Mike, did not have any previous coaching experience with Dusty May. But Boynton was
1:12.1	everything you would expect a former power conference head coach to be when returning to an
1:17.5	assistant role in the area he focused on from a leadership standpoint, communication,
1:22.8	relationship, all of it. The fit off the court seemed maybe even better. His wife, Jenny, is from Holland,
1:29.9	Michigan. So for the first time, as a family of four, Mike and Jenny, have a son and a daughter,
1:34.5	there would be some previous connection to the area Mike would coach, unlike their previous
1:40.1	two stops as a family of four, Stephen F. Austin and Oklahoma State.
1:44.3	And Boynton's highest profile recruit just so happened to be 45 minutes east down 94.
1:51.6	Cade Cunningham was the star for Boynton's best team at Oklahoma State, and to show you just
1:57.3	how strong that relationship was, is, and will continue to be.
2:01.5	This is a clip during that NCAA tournament run in 2021 from Cade about Coach Boynton.
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