Sherrone Moore Suspended Two Games in 2025
Sherrone Moore, the head football coach at the University of Michigan, is expected to be suspended for two games next season to address allegations that he failed to cooperate in the NCAA’s sign-stealing investigation that rocked college football during the Wolverines’ championship season under Jim Harbaugh in 2023. This may be the last season that Moore will coach football at the University of Michigan. Word of Moore’s impending suspension was just one of two bad things to happen at the University of Michigan this week. How badly do you think the University of Michigan will be hurt by penalties stemming from the 2023 sign-stealing scandal?
The Scandals at the University of Michigan
There are two scandals plaguing the University of Michigan. The first is the two year’s two-year-long NCAA investigation into the sign-stealing scandal stemming from allegations that the University of Michigan assistant football coach, Connor Stallions, used many methods to steal opponents’ signs. Here is a very good timeline of the allegations against Stalions.
The second scandal at the University of Michigan, and others across the state, has to do with the heinous act of child pornography. At least eleven state employees in Michigan face federal charges stemming from this legal issue. All told, there were hundreds of images, and many state employees, most at the University of Michigan, have already been convicted and sentenced to long prison terms. Both this and the Connor stallions scandal happened under the watch of Jim Harbaugh, now the head football coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. Moore was an assistant football coach under Harbaugh.
Sherrone Moore To Be Suspended
Moore is expected to miss the Wolverines’ third and fourth games, home against Central Michigan on September 13 and away at Nebraska on September 20. The suspension has not been finalized, but it is a preventive move ahead of the NCAA hearing on the Stallions sign-stealing scandal, about a month from now.
Moore was accused of deleting text messages with Stalions before they were recovered and provided to the NCAA. Moore has said he has and will continue to cooperate with the NCAA’s investigation. Moore served a one-game suspension during the 2023 season related to recruiting infractions and filled in as head coach for four games last year when Harbaugh was punished by the school and the Big Ten conference.
The University of Michigan President is Leaving
It is probably going to get bad at the University of Michigan due to penalties from the Stalions’ sign-stealing scandal. Santa Ono announced his intention on May 4 to step down as University of Michigan president to take the same job in Florida. He published a letter on Thursday in Inside Higher Education explaining his choice. No matter what he said, he is leaving because of the mounting legal troubles at the University of Michigan.
The May 8 letter entitled “Why I Chose University of Florida” details Santa Ono’s vision to focus his next presidency on instilling an emphasis on merit, ensuring peaceful protest, and shifting how to promote diversity. “The University of Florida is already one of the nation’s premier public universities,” Ono wrote. “But it has the potential to be the very best. That belief—in UF’s momentum, its mission, and its future—is what led me to pursue the extraordinary opportunity of the UF presidency.” Ono, 62, announced Sunday expects to assume the Florida president’s role this summer.
Conclusion
Things are going to get bad in Ann Arbor as the list of unseemly allegations grows. There have already been penalties. The NCAA previously put Michigan on three years of probation, fined the school and implemented recruiting limits after reaching a negotiated resolution in a recruiting case, and banned Harbaugh from coaching college football for four years. More sanctions are expected.
