Former Michigan Coach Pleads No Contest to New Charges as Previous Accusations are Dismissed

In a recent legal development, three charges against Sherrone Moore, the former head football coach at the University of Michigan, are set to be dropped, according to his attorney’s announcement during a Friday hearing.

Moore has opted to enter a no-contest plea to two reduced charges. These include malicious use of a telecommunications device within a domestic context and a charge of trespassing.

The university terminated Moore’s employment on December 10, following an investigation that concluded he had been involved in an “inappropriate relationship with a staff member.”

Following his dismissal, Moore, aged 39, who is married and a father of three, was accused of breaking into the residence of the woman involved in the affair, during which he allegedly made threats to harm himself. The incident led to his arrest after the woman, an employee of the university’s football team, reached out to law enforcement and alerted his wife.

On Dec. 10, the University of Michigan dismissed Moore as head coach, citing an investigation that found he had engaged in “an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.”

After his dismissal, the 39-year-old Moore, who is married with three children, allegedly broke into the home of the woman with whom he had been having an affair and threatened to take his own life. Moore was arrested after the woman, a staffer for the university’s football team, contacted police, as well as his wife.

Moore previously faced three charges, including home invasion, stalking and breaking and entering.

Moore’s lawyers had pushed for the charges to be dropped, arguing the extent of the relationship between the former coach and staffer wasn’t disclosed in the arrest warrant.

“This warrant was issued based on false and misleading statements presented as fact,” Moore’s attorney, Ellen Michaels, previously told reporters in Ann Arbor.

Moore will be sentenced on April 14 at 2 pm. A no-contest plea is treated the same as a guilty plea for sentencing purposes.

’s Meg Hilling, Brian Entin and Steph Whiteside contributed to this report.