Prosecutors in Washtenaw County, Mich., charged former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore with three counts Friday: third-degree home invasion, stalking, and breaking and entering. The home invasion charge is a felony.
Michigan fired Moore on Wednesday after saying it had discovered an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. At Friday’s hearing, prosecutors said that the woman and Moore had been dating for two years before she broke up with him on Monday. In the days after the breakup, prosecutors say, Moore repeatedly made unwanted contact with her before she went to the university.
Prosecutors said Friday that Moore grabbed knives and scissors from a drawer in the woman’s apartment, threatened to kill himself, told the woman that “my blood is on your hands” and “you ruined my life.” He left after she called her lawyer and said she would call the police, according to prosecutors, who said the woman was “terrorized.”
Moore faces up to five years in prison for the home invasion charge and a $2,000 fine. The stalking and breaking and entering charges are both misdemeanors. The stalking charge carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison plus a $1,000 fine, and breaking and entering carries a maximum of 90 days in jail and a $500 fine.
At Friday’s arraignment, Moore’s attorney asked for him to be released on bond, arguing he was no danger to the public and that he would abide by a no-contact order.
Moore appeared from a jail cell in a white jumpsuit while Magistrate Odetalla Odetalla addressed him. Odetella ordered Moore to be released on a $25,000 bond and the condition that he could not have any contact with the woman—whom he declined to name on the record—and said that he had to comply with GPS monitoring and continue receiving mental health treatment.
On Thursday, Michigan interim president Domenico Grasso said the school’s investigation into Moore and the athletic department is ongoing and encouraged anyone with information to email a tip line.
“When the findings of a university investigation into Coach Moore’s behavior were presented on Wednesday, we immediately terminated his employment,” Grasso wrote in a letter to the university.
“There is absolutely no tolerance for this conduct at the University of Michigan. None.”
Michigan went 17–8 in two seasons under Moore after he took over for Jim Harbaugh, who left his alma mater to coach the Los Angeles Chargers. The Wolverines will play Texas in the Citrus Bowl on Dec. 31. Interim coach Biff Poggi will coach the team in the game.
Moore’s hearing lasted roughly 15 minutes on Friday. The next one is scheduled for Jan. 22, 2026.
