Former University of Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore was allegedly looking over his shoulder before his shocking termination and subsequent arrest.
“What we haven’t heard yet is Sherrone Moore’s side of this,” ESPN insider Adam Schefter said Thursday, December 11, on First Take. “And he gets his say into this particular situation as well. I do know he felt like people had it in for him for an awful long time there while he was at Michigan. He felt like there were people who were out to get him.”
Moore, 39, was fired on Wednesday, December 10, after an investigation uncovered “credible evidence” that Moore had an “inappropriate relationship” with a staff member.
Just minutes before his termination was announced, Moore was taken into custody as part of an assault investigation. He was booked and remains at the Washtenaw County Jail as of Thursday morning.
“All of these things can all be true,” Schefter continued. “It’s possible that, yes, Michigan does have evidence that he had an inappropriate relationship with a staffer. And it could be that Sherrone Moore is right that people had it in for him. But the whole situation itself is just sad and tragic.”
Schefter, a graduate of the University of Michigan, argued Moore’s termination resulted in the coach’s “professional life, his personal life completely upended.”
Moore has been married to his wife, Kelli Moore, since 2015, and the couple share three daughters: Shiloh, Solei and Sadie.
“There are a whole host of things that have transpired here that have led this to be a completely surreal, wild situation that if you heard about it you wouldn’t believe it because it almost seems made up,” Schefter added.
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After getting some pushback from First Take panelist Paul Finebaum for a perceived defense of Moore, Schefter said, “Paul, let me be clear, I’m saying the school fired him for cause because it felt it had reason. I’m saying that we haven’t heard Sherrone Moore’s version of events. All I’m saying is he’s got his side that we haven’t heard.”
“Clearly, there are questions about his judgment,” Schefter continued. “We’re not here to argue that. But again, he can’t defend himself. And I’m not trying to defend him, I’m just trying to say that this is what could be happening and he’s entitled to his version of events, whatever they are.”
The University of Michigan sent a seismic shock through the sports world on Wednesday, December 10 when it abruptly announced it had fired head football coach Sherrone Moore after an investigation found that he had an alleged “inappropriate relationship” with a staffer. Shortly before his firing was officially announced, Moore, 39, was arrested in connection […]
Schefter also discussed Moore’s termination during a separate appearance Thursday morning on ESPN’s Get Up.
“You are in a situation where Michigan fires the first Black head coach in the school’s history, somebody that helped that school win a national championship,” he explained. “A man who just had another child this summer, and he’s married, has three daughters, and this family is obviously going to be subjected to things now you couldn’t even imagine.”
Moore had just completed his second season as Michigan’s head coach, taking over for Jim Harbaugh after he departed for the NFL.
The Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office told ESPN’s Dan Wetzel on Thursday morning that “the matter involving Mr. Moore remains under active investigation by law-enforcement, and as a result, we do not expect charging decisions or an arraignment today.”
