Former Michigan coach Sherrone Moore avoids jail time as part of plea deal

Former Michigan coach Sherrone Moore avoided a jail sentence and was sentenced to probation after previously agreeing to a plea deal over his actions after his firing from Michigan.

As part of the deal, Moore pled no contest to misdemeanor malicious use of a telecommunications device involving a domestic relationship and misdemeanor trespassing. He was sentenced to 18 months of probation, is subject to random alcohol and drug testing and cannot have a weapon while also continuing mental health treatment.

Moore was fired with cause from Michigan in December after an investigation into his romantic relationship with a now-former staffer. Moore, who is married with three children, then went to the staffer’s house after he was fired, and allegedly threatened to take his own life after grabbing butter knives and kitchen scissors from her residence.

Moore was initially charged with third-degree home invasion, stalking and breaking and entering or entering without breaking. The home invasion charge was a felony. Moore had pled no contest to the misdemeanor charges as part of a plea deal he reached with prosecutors in March.

Judge Cedric Simpson said in his statements that Moore had previously been given the code to the door for the staffer’s apartment. He also said that Moore “had no right to spread your pain to her” for what he did that day.

Simpson also noted that what Moore’s wife Kelli had to deal with that day was “an incredible burden” and spoke glowingly of her. Moore and his wife hugged each other after Simpson read his sentence.

Moore’s attorney said ahead of his sentencing that he had “reset himself around his family” and had been in counseling before recommending probation and a deferred sentence for her client.

In his own brief statement, Moore said he had “taken this process very seriously.” He cannot have contact with the former staffer as part of his probation.

Michigan went 18-8 in Moore’s two-season tenure and had three seasons left on his five-year contract at the time of his firing. He had served a two-game suspension at the start of the 2025 season as part of punishments stemming from Michigan’s advance-scouting scandal.

The school first started investigating the relationship between Moore and the staffer in October. Shortly before his firing, the woman came forward to school officials and admitted that the two had been in a relationship.