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Sherrone Moore avoided prison time Tuesday in an alleged stalking incident after being fired from the University of Michigan.
The disgraced former Wolverines head coach was fired in December after an investigation revealed an inappropriate relationship with an employee. Shortly after the firing, he was jailed after allegedly breaking into the staff’s house and threatening suicide.
Moore was placed on 18 months’ probation and ordered to pay just over $1,000 in fines. He must also continue mental health treatment and must not use alcohol or marijuana, must not possess any weapons and was ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim.
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Kelli Moore, left, walks with her husband, former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore, and his attorney Ellen Michaels at 14A-1 District Court in Ann Arbor on Friday, March 6, 2026. (Mandi Wright/USA TODAY NETWORK)
In the Ann Arbor courtroom, Moore thanked his wife, Kelli, for her support while saying he took the process “very seriously.”
“There is some irony in a lot of this — the person, quite frankly, Mr. Moore, who saves you from the full wrath of this court is the one you betrayed,” Judge Cedric Simpson told the former coach. “I don’t know where your wife, Kelli, finds her strength.
“When all the circumstances are happening, and they’re happening to her, and she’s absorbing them in real time, she doesn’t once lose her focus. She doesn’t once bat an eye to doubt you. She doesn’t once want something terrible to happen to you.
“Listening to the horror in her voice that day, I don’t think there would be anyone in the world … who would have blamed her under the circumstances if she said ‘I don’t care’.” That’s not what she did. … She would ask the police to do this to try to find him. She said something remarkable – ‘Tell him I love him and to come home’.”
Former University of Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore, left, is sworn in with her attorney Ellen Michaelsat just before taking a plea before Judge J. Cedric Simpson at 14A-1 District Court in Ann Arbor on Friday, March 6, 2026. (Mandi Wright/USA TODAY NETWORK)
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Prosecutors accused Moore of contacting staff via phone calls and text messages after the breakup, prompting the woman to contact the University of Michigan and cooperate in the investigation. Moore was subsequently fired from his position as a football coach, which prosecutors said prompted him to show up at her home.
Moore then allegedly “barged” his way into the residence, grabbed a butter knife and kitchen shears 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.”
Moore pleaded no contest to two misdemeanors later that day to resolve the felony charge.
Kelly called 911 over concerns that her husband was “going to harm himself” after being “fired from his job”.
Moore and the alleged victim had an “intimate relationship over a number of years,” a prosecutor said during a preliminary hearing shortly after his arrest.
Moore went 16-8 as Michigan’s head coach — 8-5 in year one, 7-3 last season. He missed a few games due to a ban from a license plate theft investigation.
Michigan Wolverines head coach Sherrone Moore leads her team onto the field prior to the NCAA football game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan on Nov. 29, 2025. (The Columbus Dispatch)
Moore replaced Jim Harbaugh after the team completed a 15-0 season en route to a national championship. Moore was the offensive coordinator for that team.
