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The
University
of
Michigan
dismissed
Moore
for
cause on
Wednesday,
ending
his
two-season
tenure
as head
coach.
School
officials
said
their
decision
followed
findings
that he
had an
“inappropriate
relationship”
with a
staff
member,
which
violated
university
policy
and his
contractual
obligations
as head
coach.
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Wolverines
Fire
Head
Coach
Moore;
Police
Custody
Follows
Dusty
Schoenherr
- Sports
Tell Us
Detroit
News
ANN
ARBOR,
MI -
Former
Michigan
head
football
coach
Sherrone
Moore
was
fired
Wednesday
after
the
university
concluded
he
engaged
in an
inappropriate
relationship
with a
staff
member,
and he
remains
jailed
while
awaiting
an
arraignment
on
anticipated
criminal
charges
tied to
a
separate
incident
off
campus.
As of
Friday,
no
formal
charges
had been
publicly
filed,
but
officials
said he
is
expected
to
appear
in a
Washtenaw
County
courtroom
for an
initial
hearing
Friday
afternoon.
Firing
from
Michigan
The
University
of
Michigan
announced
Wednesday
that
Moore
was
terminated
for
cause
following
an
internal
investigation
that
found
what
officials
described
as
credible
evidence
he had
an
inappropriate
relationship
with a
staff
member
in
violation
of
university
policy.
Athletic
director
Warde
Manuel
said the
conduct
breached
the
school’s
standards
and
triggered
a
zero‑tolerance
clause
in
Moore’s
contract,
meaning
the
school
does not
intend
to pay
out the
remaining
years on
his
deal.
Moore’s
dismissal
ends a
two‑season
tenure
in which
he went
18–8 as
head
coach,
including
a 9–3
record
this
year
after
taking
over the
program
in 2024.
His
firing
comes as
Michigan
football
continues
to
navigate
the
fallout
from
recent
NCAA
sanctions
and
heightened
scrutiny
of the
program’s
leadership
culture.
Arrest
and
detention
Hours
after
the
firing
was
announced,
Moore
was
arrested
in the
Ann
Arbor
area in
connection
with an
alleged
assault
incident
that
occurred
off
campus,
and he
was
booked
into the
Washtenaw
County
Jail on
Wednesday
night.
Authorities
have
said he
remained
in
custody
through
at least
Friday
morning
while
investigators
continued
their
work and
prosecutors
weighed
potential
charges.
Law
enforcement
officials
have not
publicly
detailed
the full
allegations,
and they
have
declined
to
release
a
booking
photo,
saying
such
images
are only
distributed
in cases
of
significant
public
safety
concerns.
The
sheriff’s
office
has
described
the case
as an
active
investigation
and
indicated
that
further
information
will be
released
through
the
courts
once
charges
are
formally
filed.
Court
proceedings
status
Court
officials
said
Friday
that
Moore is
expected
to be
arraigned
in 14A
District
Court in
Ann
Arbor,
with the
hearing
anticipated
in the
early
afternoon,
the
typical
daily
time for
new
criminal
cases.
Online
court
records
in
Washtenaw
County
did not
yet list
a case
against
Moore as
of early
Friday,
reflecting
that
charging
documents
had not
been
fully
processed
ahead of
the
scheduled
appearance.
At
arraignment,
Moore
would be
formally
advised
of any
charges,
and a
judge
would
consider
bond,
release
conditions,
and
future
court
dates,
though
those
details
will
depend
on what
prosecutors
ultimately
file.
Until
then,
Moore
remains
in jail
and the
exact
nature
of the
criminal
case
against
him has
not been
made
public,
leaving
key
questions
unanswered
even as
his
abrupt
firing
continues
to
reverberate
across
college
football.
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