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Sherrone Moore fired: What happened, what it means for Michigan, early coaching-search preview

The Michigan Insider

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4.6855 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Zach Shaw and Alejandro Zuniga break down the Michigan athletic department abruptly firing head coach Sherrone Moore over an improper relationship with. astaff member, what's next for the department and offer an early preview of the Wolverines' head-coaching search.

In the first half of the episode, they recap a wild day that saw Moore get abruptly fired, and ultimately end the night in jail over allegations of assault. They discuss what accelerated the development after rumors swirled last week, what yet another scandal means for Warde Manuel and Michigan's athletic department and some key next steps.

In the second half of the episode, they discuss the Wolverines' search for their next head football coach. They look at one primary candidate, three other key names to know and other wild-card options, as well as what Michigan should be looking for in its next head coach.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things, Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting. I'm your host, Zach Shaw. Ilyhajou Zunegas here with me. This is a episode going all in on Sharon Moore's abrupt firing and where Michigan goes from here.

0:17.8

We've written plenty of stories over at the Michiganinsider.com, Michigan.247

0:21.9

sports.com, including five early candidates to know in the head coaching search, obviously the

0:27.3

news stories of his firing, and then eventual detainment by Washington County Police. We have,

0:34.0

Alejandro did a nice timeline kind of looking at what we know so far, what we don't know, what questions might still get answered.

0:41.5

And then obviously where Michigan goes from here, I've done a story looking at the traits.

0:45.3

In addition to the candidates, the traits Michigan's looking for in its next head coach.

0:50.8

And then obviously as this story develops, there will be more content over at the Michiganinsider.com. Michigan at 247 sports.com.

0:58.2

On the off chance that there is more news in the next couple hours, I'm going to timestamp this episode.

1:04.6

It's 1045 in the morning on Thursday.

1:07.1

So if something comes up in the next couple hours, just know that going in. Regardless,

1:13.5

for those who missed the news, Sharon Moore abruptly fired very succinct press release Wednesday

1:20.8

afternoon due to what the athletic department described as credible evidence of an improper

1:26.8

relationship with a staff member.

1:29.5

There were rumors about this on social media. We can't really operate in the rumor world,

1:34.8

just not how our job works. But Alejandro, your initial thoughts on the firing and what we know

1:41.9

so far, I guess I'll also add about 30 minutes before that release came out.

1:48.0

Sharon Moore was detained.

1:49.9

They are doing an ongoing investigation, so there weren't a lot of details.

1:53.5

But it sounds like he spent the night in jail, if I'm not mistaken.

1:57.6

And I guess they're investigating allegations of an assault.

2:02.1

So Alejandro, you were on the scene in Ann Arbor yesterday.

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