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Sherrone Moore’s career is certainly in jeopardy after he was charged with three counts, including a felony, following his dismissal from Michigan for an alleged “inappropriate relationship” with an employee.
Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement that “credible evidence was found that Coach Moore had an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.” He was arraigned in court Friday on charges of home invasion and harassment, with prosecutors alleging that Moore had had an “intimate relationship” with the Michigan employee for “several years” and that on Monday the woman broke up with him.
During Thursday’s edition of ESPN’s “First Take,” former NFL player-turned-analyst Ryan Clark suggested that Moore, the first African-American head coach in Michigan history, “failed” potential black coaching candidates.
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Michigan Wolverines head coach Sherrone Moore watches warmups before the Hoosiers’ game at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 9, 2024, in Bloomington, Indiana. (Getty Images)
“He failed a community of coaches who would love to follow him for the opportunity to coach at a historically great university like Michigan. That was the opportunity he got when he failed at…” Clark said.
“If you’re Sherrone Moore, who was the first African-American coach at the University of Michigan, there’s also a community of coaches who would love to follow in your footsteps and who will be judged in part by your actions. He’s got to own that. He’s got to recognize, at some point, that he’s got to be held accountable for that, whether these things are true and whether someone was behind him or not… He’s not going to get a rebound from Bobby Petrino. He’s going to be treated like Mel Tucker and Michael Haywood.”
Tucker was fired from Michigan State for alleged harassment, as was Pittsburgh’s Haywood. Haywood didn’t coach again for another five years, until he accepted the job at Texas Southern. Petrino was fired from Arkansas in 2012 after it was revealed he was having an extramarital affair, but was hired by Western Kentucky just eight months later.
Michigan Wolverines football coach Sherrone Moore before the Northwestern Wildcats game at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Nov. 15, 2025. (Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)
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Former ESPN host Jemele Hill expressed similar sentiments, also mentioning Tucker and Petrino, citing “the difference in who gets a second chance to be a head coach.”
“While I think Sherrone Moore is a fool, before I start describing her, Mel Tucker’s, and Ime Udoka’s firing as some kind of indictment of black coaches, let me remind you of the following names: Hugh Freeze, Bobby Petrino, Rick Pitino, Mike Price, among others,” Hill posted on Threads. “The difference is who gets a second chance to be a head coach. And you can guess who usually gets another chance.”
“Rick Pitino is seen as a redemption story. Black coaches generally don’t understand that. I don’t care about Sherrone Moore. He earned whatever comes, but unfortunately black coaches will probably pay for what he’s done, and that’s not right,” Hill said in a post on X.
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 a football coach, which prosecutors say prompted him to show up at her 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.”
Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore appears by video in court in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Dec. 12, 2025. (Ryan Sun/AP Photo)
Prosecutors claimed Moore “terrorized” the employee and said they believed he was a “risk to public safety.”
Moore faces more than six years in prison if convicted. His next court date was scheduled for January 22.
