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December 10, 2025, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S: University of Michigan Football Coach SHERRONE MOORE on the sidelines before the Michigan Ohio State game in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 29, 2025.. Ann Arbor U.S – ZUMAk12_ 20251210_fap_k12_001 Copyright: xJeffxKowalskyx

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December 10, 2025, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S: University of Michigan Football Coach SHERRONE MOORE on the sidelines before the Michigan Ohio State game in Ann Arbor, Michigan on November 29, 2025.. Ann Arbor U.S – ZUMAk12_ 20251210_fap_k12_001 Copyright: xJeffxKowalskyx
After the wild sequence of events that gripped Michigan football last year and this year, former head coach Sherrone Moore is finally set to face his fate. He will now get the final word on all the legal trouble he’s currently embroiled in, and possibly mark an end to this turbulent saga.
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According to reports, Moore is scheduled to be sentenced at 2 p.m. today on the two misdemeanor charges: malicious use of a telecommunications device involving a domestic relationship and trespassing. Last month, Moore pleaded “no contest” to them as part of a plea deal with Washtenaw County.
Judge J. Cedric Simpson, who will be delivering the sentence, can still order jail time for Sherrone Moore. But according to the Detroit Free Press, it is expected that the former coach will likely be on probation.
Ex-Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore is scheduled to be sentenced at 2 p.m. on two misdemeanors — malicious use of a telecommunications device involving a domestic relationship and trespassing.
Moore pleaded no contest last month as part of a plea deal following a Dec. 10… pic.twitter.com/Vw0t1BFcdj
— Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) April 14, 2026
Michigan fired Sherrone Moore after his inappropriate relationship with a female staffer came to light. After the dismissal, news broke that Moore had been detained, following a 911 call from the staffer’s apartment. According to the authorities, Moore entered the staffer’s apartment uninvited and confronted her, grabbed a butter knife, and threatened to kill himself. Prosecutors charged him with several felonies on December 12.
Moore appeared virtually from jail for the arraignment as authorities charged him with home invasion, stalking, and breaking-and-entering. Authorities later released the former UM head coach after he posted a $25,000 bond under conditions that included a mental health evaluation, GPS tether, and no contact with the plaintiff. Later, in January, Moore’s defense attorney, Ellen Michaels, claimed Moore was innocent
“This Court is not confronted with a close call or a technical defect,” she argued. “It is confronted with a prosecution that never should have begun. A magistrate must be given a fair and accurate picture. When the picture is distorted, the warrant cannot stand.” Michaels also accused the staffer’s lawyer, Heidi Sharp, of misinforming police and “villainizing Mr. Moore and maximizing the chances of obtaining a large settlement” from Michigan University.
Moore’s next hearing came in February and brought a legal win for the former UM head coach. The judge granted Moore’s camp an evidentiary hearing to examine the grounds of arrest. Additionally, Judge Cedric Simpson expressed concern regarding a police detective’s non-disclosure about Moore’s employer-employee relationship with the staffer when a magistrate authorized Moore’s arrest warrant.
Here’s what to know about Sherrone Moore’s sentencing.
Sherrone Moore avoids jail time following his plea deal
Instead of proceeding with the evidentiary hearing as Moore’s attorney requested, the former UM HC agreed to a plea deal with the prosecutors. With that, Moore effectively avoided a long-drawn criminal trial as he pleaded “no contest” to two charges. In exchange, the authorities agreed to drop his third-degree felony home invasion charges, among other charges.
Had Moore not taken the plea deal, he might have faced a five-year sentence for the felony charge. But the misdemeanors could still have sent him to prison for six months.
Moore has been sentenced to 18 months of probation and fined more than $1,000. The court has also restricted him from drug and alcohol consumption, possessing firearms, and reaching out to the former Michigan staffer. Judge Simpson said that he didn’t think “incarceration was appropriate,” but if Moore violates any of these rules, “all bets are off.”
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