Sherrone Moore is out after two seasons as Michigan’s head coach.
Michigan fired Sherrone Moore for cause on Wednesday after a university investigation found that Moore had engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member, according to a statement by Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel.
Michigan has fired coach Sherrone Moore with cause.
— Ralph D. Russo (@ralphDrussoATH) December 10, 2025
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Associate head coach Biff Poggi has been appointed as Michigan’s interim head coach, effective immediately.
Moore was arrested on Wednesday afternoon following an alleged assault in Pittsfield Township, Michigan, and was booked into the Washtenaw County Jail on Wednesday night, according to a news release by the Pittsfield Township Police Department. He remained in jail on Thursday and is expected to be arraigned in court on Friday.
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— Tony Paul | Detroit News (@TonyPaul1984) December 11, 2025
Moore’s firing ends a tumultuous two-year tenure as Michigan’s head coach in which he went just 16-8 after taking over the program from Jim Harbaugh, who left the Wolverines after winning the national championship in 2023 amid a university investigation into an impermissible scouting scandal orchestrated by former Michigan staffer Connor Stalions.
Moore was suspended for two games this season and was set to be suspended for the Wolverines’ season opener next year as a result of the program’s sanctions for the in-person scouting scandal.
His two-year tenure as Michigan’s head coach ends with a 27-9 loss to Ohio State, the Buckeyes’ first win over the Wolverines in The Game since 2019.
Despite that loss, there had been no indication that Michigan was planning to move on from Moore until Wednesday. His firing came just four days after Michigan hired former Ohio State assistant coach Kerry Coombs as its new special teams coordinator.
According to 247Sports’ Matt Zenitz, however, Manuel indicated to team staffers that an investigation into Moore’s conduct had been going on since mid-November.
Michigan AD Warde Manuel indicated to team staffers that at least part of the Sherrone Moore investigation, which had become far from a secret internally, had been going on since mid-November, sources tell @CBSSports.
— Matt Zenitz (@mzenitz) December 10, 2025
Ultimately reached this point that he fired Moore today.
Per The Athletic’s Austin Meek, Michigan “received an anonymous tip regarding the inappropriate relationship, prompting the investigation.” Michigan’s investigation “initially did not produce evidence of the relationship,” a source told Meek, but “additional evidence came to light in the last 24 hours that led to Moore’s dismissal.”
Moore – who has been married to his wife, Kelli, since 2015 – had been with the Wolverines since 2018, initially joining Harbaugh’s staff as tight ends coach. He became the Wolverines’ offensive coordinator and offensive line coach in 2021, and served as acting head coach when Harbaugh was suspended for three games in 2023 before he was promoted to the full-time head coaching job in 2024.
He is the first Michigan coach to last just two years on the job since Tad Wieman’s two-year tenure as Michigan coach in 1927 and 1928.
With Poggi now serving as head coach, Michigan is set to end its season in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, where it will play Texas on Dec. 31.
