{"id":439134,"date":"2025-12-11T02:46:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T02:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/439134\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T02:46:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T02:46:15","slug":"fired-michigan-coach-sherrone-moore-detained-by-police-after-dismissal-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/439134\/","title":{"rendered":"Fired Michigan coach Sherrone Moore detained by police after dismissal: Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANN ARBOR, Mich. \u2014 Michigan fired football coach Sherrone Moore for cause on Wednesday. He was later detained by police in nearby Saline, a few miles outside of Ann Arbor, according to ESPN<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Moore had been \u201cinvolved in an incident that required police attention,\u201d according to the Detroit News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The university cited an inappropriate relationship with a staff member as the reason for Moore\u2019s firing.<\/p>\n

\u201cFollowing a university investigation, credible evidence was found that Coach Moore engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member,\u201d athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement. \u201cThis conduct constitutes a clear violation of University policy, and U-M maintains zero tolerance for such behavior.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moore, 39, just completed his second season as head coach after serving as an assistant coach on Jim Harbaugh\u2019s staff from 2018-2023. The Wolverines were 17-8 during his tenure, including a 9-3 finish this season. Associate head coach Biff Poggi will be Michigan\u2019s interim head coach for the Citrus Bowl against Texas on Dec. 31.<\/p>\n

A source briefed on the decision said the school received an anonymous tip regarding the inappropriate relationship, prompting the investigation. The investigation initially did not produce evidence of the relationship, the source said, but additional evidence came to light in the last 24 hours that led to Moore\u2019s dismissal.<\/p>\n

According to a team source, most of Michigan\u2019s staff learned of the coach\u2019s firing when Manuel informed the team during a meeting. Moore was in the building Wednesday but was not at that team meeting, according to the source.<\/p>\n

Moore\u2019s firing came with little warning. Moore was in the process of assembling his staff for next season and hired veteran assistant Kerry Coombs to run Michigan\u2019s special teams days earlier. Two days before his dismissal, Moore met with reporters to discuss Michigan\u2019s 2026 signing class and the bowl matchup against Texas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ve got a really good foundation of where we need to be, but we\u2019ve got a lot to work on,\u201d Moore said Monday.<\/p>\n

Moore\u2019s firing brought an abrupt end to a two-year tenure marked by highs and lows. He took over for Harbaugh on the heels of Michigan\u2019s 2023 national championship, with the program scrambling to maintain its footing after Harbaugh departed for the NFL.<\/p>\n

Michigan started 4-3 in Moore\u2019s first season, matching its losses from the previous three years combined. The season ended with momentum as the Wolverines upset Ohio State 13-10 in Columbus and signed quarterback Bryce Underwood, the No. 1 prospect in the Class of 2025.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s team fell short of expectations. The Wolverines lost at Oklahoma in Week 2, then USC blew out Michigan in mid-October. Moore\u2019s final game was a 27-9 loss to the Buckeyes that snapped Michigan\u2019s four-game winning streak in the rivalry.<\/p>\n

The Connor Stalions sign-stealing investigation clouded Moore\u2019s tenure. Moore served a two-game suspension this season<\/a> for deleting text messages he\u2019d exchanged with Stalions and was set to be suspended for the 2026 season opener.<\/p>\n

The NCAA did not strip Michigan of any victories or its national championship but punished the school with a massive fine that could exceed $30 million. Moore was earning $5.6 million in the second year of the five-year contract he signed after replacing Harbaugh. His contract included a provision that protected him from being terminated for NCAA violations that occurred before his hiring as head coach.<\/p>\n

The contract, however, outlined several reasons he could be fired for cause, including rule violations and misconduct.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Bruce Feldman and Sam Jane contributed to this report.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANN ARBOR, Mich. \u2014 Michigan fired football coach Sherrone Moore for cause on Wednesday. He was later detained…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":438760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[1428,7800,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-439134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-college-football","9":"tag-michigan-wolverines","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115698649304216721","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/438760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}