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12/11 09:20 CST Ex-Michigan coach Sherrone Moore spent the night in jail after
being fired
Ex-Michigan coach Sherrone Moore spent the night in jail after being fired
By LARRY LAGE
AP Sports Writer
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) --- Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore
remained jailed on Thursday morning, less than 24 hours after he was fired for
what the university said was an inappropriate relationship with a staff member
and subsequently arrested a couple of miles south of Michigan Stadium.
Court records showed Moore, who was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday
afternoon, remained in custody of the Washtenaw County Jail, which did not
provide information about why he was detained or details on his bond.
Pittsfield Township police issued a statement that said officers were called to
investigate an alleged assault Wednesday night and took a person into custody.
The statement was in response to media inquiries about Moore, but didn't
mention anyone by name.
The person was jailed pending a review of charges by prosecutors.
"Given the nature of the allegations, the need to maintain the integrity of the
investigation, and its current status at this time, we are prohibited from
releasing additional details," police said in the statement.
Michigan said it fired Moore, 39, for cause as the coach of college football's
winningest program after finding evidence of his relationship with the staffer,
ending an up-and-down, two-year tenure that saw the Wolverines take a step back
on the field after winning the national championship and getting punished by
the NCAA for a sign-stealing scandal.
"This conduct constitutes a clear violation of university policy, and UM
maintains zero tolerance for such behavior," athletic director Warde Manuel
said in a statement.
The announcement did not include details of the alleged relationship. Moore,
who is married with three young daughters, did not return a message from The
Associated Press seeking comment.
He led the 18th-ranked Wolverines to a 9-3 record this year after going 8-5 in
his debut season.
Moore signed a five-year contract with a base annual salary of $5.5 million
last year. According to the terms of his deal, the university will not have to
buy out the remaining years of his contract because he was fired for cause.
His firing leaves Michigan suddenly looking for a third coach in four years,
shortly after a busy cycle that included Lane Kiffin leaving playoff-bound
Mississippi for LSU.
Moore, the team's former offensive coordinator, was promoted to lead the
Wolverines after they won the national title in January 2024. He succeeded Jim
Harbaugh, who returned to the NFL to lead the Los Angeles Chargers.
Michigan is set to play No. 14 Texas on Dec. 31 in the Citrus Bowl. Biff Poggi,
who filled in for Moore when he was suspended earlier this season in relation
to the Harbaugh-era sign-stealing scandal, will serve as interim coach. Moore
was suspended for two games as part of self-imposed sanctions for NCAA
violations related to the scandal.
The NCAA added a third game to the suspension, which would have kept Moore off
the sideline for next year's opener against Western Michigan.
Moore previously deleted an entire 52-message text thread with former staffer
Connor Stalions, who was at the center of the team's sign-stealing operation.
The texts were later recovered and shared with the NCAA.
Just a few years ago, Moore was Harbaugh's top assistant and regarded as a
rising star.
Moore, who is from Derby, Kansas, didn't start playing football until his
junior year of high school. He played for Butler County Community College in
Kansas and as an offensive lineman for coach Bob Stoops at Oklahoma during the
2006 and 2007 seasons.
His coaching career began as a graduate assistant at Louisville before moving
on to Central Michigan, where he caught Harbaugh's attention. Harbaugh hired
him in 2018 as tight ends coach.
Moore was promoted to offensive line coach and co-offensive coordinator in
2021, when the Wolverines bounced back from a 2-4, pandemic-shortened season
and began a three-year run of excellence that culminated in the school's first
national title in 26 years.
He worked his way up within the Wolverines' staff and filled in as interim
coach for four games during the 2023 championship season while Harbaugh served
two suspensions for potential NCAA rules violations.
Moore also served a one-game suspension during that year related to a
recruiting infractions NCAA case.
Earlier in the 2023 season, Michigan State fired coach Mel Tucker for cause
after he engaged in what he described as consensual phone sex with an activist
and rape survivor. In 2012, Arkansas fired coach Bobby Petrino due to a sordid
scandal that involved a motorcycle crash, an affair with a woman who worked for
him and being untruthful to his bosses.
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