Former Michigan coach Sherrone Moore is facing charges of third-degree home invasion, stalking and breaking and entering, the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office said Friday, stemming from an alleged incident Wednesday involving a female Michigan football staffer.
The home invasion charge is a felony, while the stalking and breaking and entering charges are misdemeanors. Moore is set to be arraigned in the Washtenaw County 14A District Court Friday, according to the court.
A news release from the court said Moore allegedly unlawfully entered the women’s residence to “commit the crime of stalking” and allegedly engaged “in a willful course of conduct involving repeated or continuing harassment.”
The charges could result in up to six years of jail time.
Moore has been in police custody since Wednesday evening, hours after he was fired for cause by Michigan for having an “inappropriate relationship with a staff member,” the school said, following a university investigation.
At 4:10 p.m. on Wednesday, police were called to the listed address of a female Michigan football staffer, according to police dispatch. Police also sent officers to the listed address of Moore. He was detained in Saline, a few miles outside of Ann Arbor, as part of an alleged assault investigation, according to the Pittsfield Township Police Department.
In an email to University of Michigan students and faculty on Thursday, Michigan president Domenico Grasso touted the school’s quick action in firing Moore for violating university policy by engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member and pledged that the investigation into Moore’s behavior would continue. Grasso encouraged anyone with information about the matter to send a confidential email to a law firm. “All of the facts here must be known,” he wrote.
Grasso’s email echoed a statement from athletic director Warde Manuel on Wednesday: “This conduct constitutes a clear violation of University policy, and U-M maintains zero tolerance for such behavior.”
Moore previously served as an assistant coach on Jim Harbaugh’s staff from 2018 to 2023. The Wolverines were 17-8 during his tenure, including a 9-3 finish this season. Associate head coach Biff Poggi will be Michigan’s interim head coach for the Citrus Bowl against Texas on Dec. 31.