Two days after he was fired as head coach on the College of Michigan, Sherrone Moore was charged Friday in reference to the house invasion and stalking of a workers member with whom he allegedly had an “intimate relationship.”
Moore, 39, is charged with third-degree felony residence invasion, in addition to misdemeanor counts of stalking and of breaking and coming into.
The college fired Moore on Wednesday. In an announcement, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel mentioned Moore had been “terminated with trigger, efficient instantly,” including “this conduct constitutes a transparent violation of College coverage, and U-M maintains zero tolerance for such habits.”
Hours after the firing, Moore was booked within the Washtenaw County Jail after Pittsfield Township police responded to the 3000 block of Ann Arbor Saline Street to an alleged assault.
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Throughout Moore’s arraignment on Friday, Washtenaw County First Assistant Prosecutor Kati Rezmierski mentioned Moore had an “intimate relationship” with the sufferer for a “variety of years,” and that the sufferer ended the connection on Monday. Prosecutors declare Moore made quite a few telephone calls and despatched messages to the sufferer from that point interval ahead, however she didn’t reply to them. The sufferer then went to the college and cooperated with an investigation.
After being fired by the college on Wednesday, prosecutors say Moore went to the sufferer’s condo, barged his manner in, proceeded to a kitchen drawer, and grabbed a number of butter knives and a pair of kitchen scissors.
Moore then threatened his personal life, saying, ‘I will kill myself. I will make you watch. My blood is in your fingers. You ruined my life,’ in response to prosecutors. Moore made a sequence of intimidating statements, prosecutors allege, however say there is no such thing as a proof to counsel that he immediately threatened the sufferer with the knives or scissors.
The sufferer then referred to as her legal professional and the police, and Moore left her residence.
“The totality of the behaviour is very threatening and extremely intimidating. She was terrorized,” Rezmierski mentioned.
Moore was issued a $25,000 bond and ordered to not have any contact with the sufferer. He should additionally proceed to bear psychological well being remedy. If launched on bond, Moore should put on a GPS tether, can not go away Michigan with out the court docket’s permission and can’t possess any weapons or devour medicine or alcohol.
Moore’s subsequent court docket look is on Jan. 22, 2026, for a possible trigger convention.
A supply inside Michigan’s program advised CBS Information Detroit’s Rachel Hopmayer that Manuel was knowledgeable of Moore’s psychological well being points on Sunday, simply days earlier than Manuel fired Moore. Manuel fired Moore with no human sources or safety personnel current, in response to the supply.
Moore served as head coach for the previous two seasons, main the No. 18 Wolverines to a mixed 16-8 document and a victory within the ReliaQuest Bowl final yr.
Within the meantime, the college has appointed Baltimore native Biff Poggi because the interim coach. Poggi beforehand served as affiliate coach at Michigan from 2021 to 2022 earlier than occurring to turn out to be head coach at Charlotte till November 2024. He returned to the Michigan workers within the 2025 season.
Michigan is now gearing up for the Citrus Bowl towards No. 13 Texas on New 12 months’s Eve.
