Fired Michigan coach Sherrone Moore reaches plea deal in case over alleged break-in at mistress's home

Sherrone Moore, who was fired arsenic Michigan's caput shot manager successful December, pleaded nary contention to 2 misdemeanors successful a woody to resoluteness a felony transgression case. 

Moore was facing charges of stalking, breaking and entering and location penetration of the location of his enforcement assistant, with whom helium allegedly had an extramarital affair. 

Authorities said Moore had confronted the alleged mistress and blamed her for his dismissal, adjacent threatening to termination himself with food knives successful her apartment. 

The lawsuit was resolved aft Friday's plea deal. 

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Kelli Moore, left, walks with her husband, erstwhile University of Michigan shot manager Sherrone Moore, and his lawyer Ellen Michaels astatine the 14A-1 District Court successful Ann Arbor Friday, March 6, 2026. (Mandi Wright/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

The woody was struck the aforesaid time a justice planned to perceive a situation to Moore’s apprehension successful December connected 3 charges, including felony location invasion. Those erstwhile charges were dropped successful speech for Moore pleading nary contention to misdemeanor trespassing and misdemeanor malicious usage of a telecommunications device.

His sentencing is scheduled for April 14 for charges that person a imaginable maximum of six months and 30 days successful prison.

"All the charges against Mr. Moore were not supported by facts and law," said lawyer Ellen Michaels, lasting alongside Moore and his woman extracurricular the courtroom. "The dismissal of those charges validates the concerns we raised astir the probe from the precise beginning. Mr. Moore is pleased to enactment this down him and determination forward.

"It’s not stalking if the connection has a morganatic purpose."

Moore declined remark to reporters aft the hearing. 

"No, I’m good," helium said. "Appreciate it."

Sherrone Moore during warmups earlier a crippled against the Ohio State Buckeyes astatine Michigan Stadium Nov. 29, 2025, successful Ann Arbor, Mich. (Luke Hales/Getty Images)

Moore, 40, was fired Dec. 10 aft 2 seasons arsenic the successor to Jim Harbaugh, who won a nationalist title earlier leaving to pb the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers.

In dismissing Moore, the assemblage cited his inappropriate narration with a unit member. Assistant authoritative Kati Rezmierski said the pistillate ended the matter a fewer days earlier Moore’s firing and cooperated with the school’s investigation.

Michaels declined to accidental if she was progressive successful imaginable litigation against the assemblage connected Moore’s behalf. He signed a five-year declaration with a basal yearly wage of $5.5 cardinal past year. According to the presumption of his deal, the assemblage did not person to bargain retired the remaining years of his declaration due to the fact that helium was fired for cause.

Michigan besides did not renew the declaration of the pistillate shot staffer who was suspected to person been successful a narration with Moore.

A assemblage spokesperson confirmed the departure to Fox News Digital.

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Former University of Michigan caput shot manager Sherrone Moore, left, is sworn successful with his lawyer Ellen Michaelsat earlier helium accepts a plea woody earlier Judge J. Cedric Simpson astatine the 14A-1 District Court successful Ann Arbor Friday, March 6, 2026. (Mandi Wright/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

"Her declaration expired and was not renewed," the spokesperson said.

The staffer, whose LinkedIn illustration listed her arsenic an enforcement adjunct to the caput shot manager astatine the University of Michigan, earned conscionable implicit $58,000 successful 2023 and 2024, according to nationalist payroll information. In the 2025 fiscal year, though, her wage jumped to $99,000, according to a wage disclosure study from the University of Michigan.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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