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Sherrone Moore avoided jail time Tuesday over an alleged harassment incident after being fired from the University of Michigan.
The disgraced former Wolverines head coach was fired in December after an investigation revealed an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. Shortly after the firing, he was jailed after allegedly breaking into the employee’s home and threatening to commit suicide.
Moore was placed on probation for 18 months and ordered to pay just over $1,000 in fines. He must also continue mental health treatment and cannot consume alcohol or marijuana, cannot have weapons and was ordered not to have contact with the alleged victim.
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Kelli Moore, left, walks with her husband, former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore, and her attorney Ellen Michaels in 14A-1 District Court in Ann Arbor on Friday, March 6, 2026. (Mandi Wright/RED USA TODAY)
In the Ann Arbor courtroom, Moore thanked his wife, Kelli, for her support and said he took the process “very seriously.”
“There is a certain irony in a lot of this: the person who, frankly, Mr. Moore, is saving you from the full wrath of this court is the one you betrayed,” Judge Cedric Simpson told the former coach. “I don’t know where his wife, Kelli, finds her strength.
“When all the circumstances are happening and they’re happening to her and she’s absorbing them in real time, she doesn’t once lose focus. Not once does she flinch to doubt you. Not once does she want something terrible to happen to you.
“As I listen to the terror in her voice that day, I don’t think there was anyone in the world… who would have blamed her under the circumstances if she had said ‘I don’t care.’
Former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore, left, takes the oath with his attorney Ellen Michaelsat just before pleading guilty before Judge J. Cedric Simpson in the 14A-1 District Court in Ann Arbor on Friday, March 6, 2026. (Mandi Wright/RED USA TODAY)
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Prosecutors accused Moore of contacting the employee through phone calls and text messages after the breakup, prompting the woman to contact the University of Michigan and cooperate in its investigation. Moore was subsequently fired from his position as head football coach, which prosecutors say prompted him to show up at his home.
Moore then allegedly “stormed” into the residence, grabbed a butter knife and a pair of kitchen scissors and began threatening his own life. According to prosecutors, Moore allegedly told the employee, “My blood is on your hands” and “You ruined my life.”
Moore pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors later that day to resolve the felony criminal case.
Kelli called 911 over concerns that her husband was “going to get hurt” after being “fired from his job.”
Moore and the alleged victim had an “intimate relationship for several years,” a prosecutor said during an initial hearing shortly after his arrest.
Moore was 16-8 as Michigan’s head coach: 8-5 in year one, 7-3 last season. He missed a couple of games due to a one-year suspension. signal theft investigation.
Michigan Wolverines head coach Sherrone Moore leads his team onto the field before the NCAA football game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Nov. 29, 2025. (The Shipment of Columbus)
Moore replaced Jim Harbaugh after the team completed a 15-0 season en route to a national championship. Moore was the offensive coordinator for that team.
