Former University of Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore has been sentenced to 18 months of probation following a confrontation with his executive assistant shortly after his dismissal from the university for an inappropriate relationship.
Information was available with The Chenab Times indicating that Moore pleaded no contest to trespassing and malicious use of a telecommunication device, avoiding jail time. The judge in the case highlighted that jail time was not warranted, but issued a stern warning to Moore regarding future conduct.
Moore’s legal troubles began in December 2025 when the University of Michigan fired him for cause after finding credible evidence of an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. The university’s athletic director, Warde Manuel, stated that such conduct was a clear violation of university policy and that the institution maintains zero tolerance for such behavior. The announcement did not specify details of the alleged relationship.
Following his termination, Moore was arrested in Pittsfield Township, Michigan. Police initiated an investigation into an alleged assault, and Moore was taken into custody. While police did not initially name Moore, they stated the incident was not random and posed no ongoing threat to public safety. Moore was detained pending a review of charges by prosecutors.
Further details emerged regarding the circumstances surrounding Moore’s firing and subsequent arrest. Author and historian John U. Bacon reported that the university had investigated an alleged affair involving Moore as early as the summer of 2025. Both Moore and the staff member initially denied the relationship. However, the staff member reportedly changed her account on the morning of Moore’s firing, providing administrators with text messages, emails, and other documents detailing their relationship.
Shortly after presenting this evidence, Moore was fired by Athletic Director Warde Manuel in a one-on-one meeting. The saga escalated when Moore was taken into custody after police alleged he broke into the staffer’s home, threatened her and himself with a knife. Prosecutors later charged Moore with home invasion, stalking, and breaking and entering.
During his arraignment, prosecutors laid out extraordinary allegations, stating that Moore and the woman had been having an affair for “a number of years” before she ended the relationship. According to Washtenaw County first assistant prosecutor Kati Rezmierski, Moore repeatedly contacted the woman via calls and texts, but she refused to respond. After losing his job, Moore allegedly went to the woman’s apartment, “barged his way in,” and then threatened his own life with kitchen knives and scissors, reportedly saying, “I’m going to kill myself. I’m going to make you watch. My blood is on your hands. You’ve ruined my life.” The prosecutor described the woman as “terrorized.”
In April 2026, Moore resolved the charges by pleading no contest to trespassing and malicious use of a telecommunication device. Judge J. Cedric Simpson ordered 18 months of probation, emphasizing that jail was not warranted. However, the judge warned Moore that “all bets are off” if he violates probation. The judge’s decision was reportedly influenced by Moore’s wife, Kelli, who expressed concern for her husband’s mental health and wrote a supportive letter. Moore was also ordered to undergo mental health treatment, abstain from alcohol, and have no contact with the former executive assistant, Paige Shiver.
Shiver, who served as Moore’s executive assistant at Michigan, spoke publicly for the first time in April 2026, detailing alleged control by Moore over her emotions and career. She stated that he used this control against her and described repeated attempts to end the relationship, only for Moore to pull her back in with stories of his misery without her.
Moore’s tenure as head coach for the University of Michigan was brief, spanning from 2024 until his termination in December 2025. He succeeded Jim Harbaugh and had a coaching record of 16-8 overall. Moore had previously served as Michigan’s acting head coach for four games during the national championship-winning 2023 season. His termination for cause meant the university was not obligated to pay the remaining nearly $12.3 million of his five-year contract.
The scandal involving Moore adds to a string of controversies in college football. Notably, Michigan State coach Mel Tucker was fired in 2023 for engaging in what he described as consensual phone sex with an activist and rape survivor. Furthermore, the University of Michigan football program itself faced NCAA penalties, including a significant fine and a bowl game ban, related to a sign-stealing scandal, during which Moore also served a three-game suspension.
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