Former Michigan coach Sherrone Moore was charged Friday with third-degree home invasion, stalking, and breaking and entering or entering without breaking after his detainment on Wednesday.
Moore was detained by police in Saline, Michigan, on Wednesday, hours after he was fired for cause by Michigan after the school said it had found evidence of an inappropriate relationship with a staffer.
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The home invasion charge is a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a $2,000 fine. The stalking and breaking entering charges are misdemeanors, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $1,000 fine, and up to 90 days in jail and a $500 fine, respectively.
During the arraignment, the prosecutor said that Moore and the victim who called police on Wednesday had an intimate relationship for several years: “Our victim broke up with the defendant on Monday morning. She presented herself to (the school) and corroborated the fact they had a relationship.”
Moore’s attorney, Joseph Simon, said, “My client (Sherrone Moore) is 39 years old, zero prior criminal history, zero contact with the criminal justice system … there’s no evidence to suggest he’s a threat to public safety.”
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Moore’s attorney also clarified that Moore had been taken to a mental health facility “for evaluation,” but was turned back over to law enforcement. The prosecutor said that Moore grabbed butter knives at the woman’s house, threatened to take his own life and that his blood was on her hands because “you ruined my life.”
According to the Wall Street Journal on Friday, Michigan received a tip in October that Moore had been in a relationship with a staffer, though both Moore and the woman denied they had a relationship as Michigan investigated. However, the school still hired an outside law firm to further investigate. On Wednesday, per the WSJ, the woman told the firm that she had a relationship with Moore for approximately two years until 2024 and “there were email, text and phone records to prove it.”
On Thursday, Michigan president Domenico Grasso said that the school’s investigation into Moore was still ongoing.
“When the findings of a university investigation into Coach Moore’s behavior were presented on Wednesday, we immediately terminated his employment,” Grasso wrote in a letter to the university.
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“There is absolutely no tolerance for this conduct at the University of Michigan. None.”
Moore had been Michigan’s offensive coordinator under previous coach Jim Harbaugh and served as the team’s interim coach at two different points in the 2023 season when Harbaugh was suspended. Moore was then promoted to take over for Harbaugh ahead of the 2024 season. Over two seasons with Moore in charge, Michigan went 17-8.
After Moore’s firing, Michigan said that associate head coach Biff Poggi would be the team’s interim coach for the Citrus Bowl against Texas.
