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Former Michigan football coach Sharon Moore was jailed Wednesday, hours after she was fired by the university for an “inappropriate relationship with a staff member,” according to court records.
According to the Washtenaw County Jail, Moore, 39, was booked into the facility as of Wednesday evening. Jail records did not provide any information about why Moore was detained or whether any court appearances were scheduled.
In response to media inquiries about Moore, the Pittsfield Township Police Department released a statement that did not mention anyone by name. According to the statement, police were called to investigate a reported assault in Pittsfield Township, a few miles south of Michigan Stadium, and one person was taken into custody.
Police said the incident was not random and posed no threat to public safety, and the man was jailed pending a review of charges by prosecutors.
“Given the nature of the allegations, the need to maintain the integrity of the investigation, and its current status at this time, we are restricted from releasing additional details,” the statement said.
Michigan said it fired Moore after evidence of her relationship with the employee emerged, ending a tumultuous two-year tenure that saw the Wolverines take a step back on the field after winning a national championship and being punished. NCAA,
“This conduct is a clear violation of university policy, and UM has zero tolerance for this type of behavior,” athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement.
The announcement did not include details of the alleged relationship. Moore, who has three young daughters, did not return a message seeking comment from The Associated Press.
Moore was 9-3 on the year after going 8-5 in his first season.
He signed a five-year contract last year with a base annual salary of $5.5 million. According to the terms of his deal, the university would not have to buy out the remaining years of Moore’s contract because he was fired for cause.
College football’s winningest program is suddenly looking for its third coach in four years, on the heels of a busy cycle that included Lane Kiffin’s playoff exit mississippi For LSU,
Moore, the team’s former offensive coordinator, was promoted to lead the Wolverines after winning the 2023 national title. He replaced Jim Harbaugh, who returned. nfl To lead the Los Angeles Chargers.
The 18th-ranked Wolverines (9-3, 7-2 Big Ten) are set to play No. 14 Texas in the Citrus Bowl on Dec. 31.
Biff Poggi, who replaced Moore when he was suspended earlier this season, will serve as interim coach.
Moore, in his second season, was suspended for two games this year as part of self-imposed sanctions for NCAA violations related to the sign-stealing scandal. The NCAA added a third game to the suspension, allowing Moore to be sidelined for next year’s opener against Western Michigan.
Moore had previously deleted the entire 52-message text thread on his personal phone with his former employee Connor Stallions, who led the team’s sign-sealing operation. The texts were later retrieved and shared with the NCAA.
Just a few years earlier, Moore had been Harbaugh’s top assistant and was considered a rising star.
Moore, who is from Darby, Kansas, did not start playing football until his junior year of high school. He played for Butler County Community College in Kansas and as an offensive lineman for coach Bob Stoops at Oklahoma during the 2006 and 2007 seasons.
His coaching career began as a graduate assistant at Louisville before moving to Central Michigan, where he caught the attention of Harbaugh. Harbaugh hired him as tight ends coach in 2018.
Moore was promoted to offensive line coach and co-offensive coordinator in 2021, when the Wolverines bounced back from a 2–4, pandemic-shortened season and began a three-year run of excellence that culminated in the school’s first national title in 26 years.
He earned his way onto the Wolverines’ staff and served as interim coach for four games during the 2023 championship season while Harbaugh served two suspensions for potential NCAA rules violations.
Moore also served a one-game suspension during that year related to a recruiting violation NCAA case.
Earlier in the 2023 season, Michigan State fired coach Mel Tucker after he engaged in consensual phone sex with a worker and rape victim. In 2012, Arkansas fired coach Bobby Petrino due to a scandal involving a motorcycle accident, an affair with a woman who worked for him, and being untruthful to his bosses.
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