Sherrone Moore, a once-prominent figure in collegiate sports, finds himself at a crossroads following a tumultuous week that saw his career and personal life unravel. Despite the severity of the allegations against him, a noted national champion coach believes Moore can still find redemption.

At 39, Moore’s life took a dramatic turn when he was dismissed from his role as head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. The dismissal came last Wednesday amid revelations of an “inappropriate relationship” with a staff member. Just hours later, his situation worsened with his arrest for an alleged assault.

The charges against Moore paint a grim picture. The married father of three is accused of forcibly entering the Ann Arbor residence of his executive assistant, Paige Shiver, armed with a knife. There, a verbal confrontation with an unidentified individual reportedly spiraled into threats of self-harm, intensifying the gravity of the incident.

Moore faces significant legal challenges, with charges that include felony third-degree home invasion and misdemeanors for breaking and entering and stalking. Despite pleading not guilty, he risks a potential sentence of six and a half years if convicted.

Amidst this turmoil, former LSU and Ole Miss head coach Ed Orgeron has expressed a belief in Moore’s ability to rebound. Orgeron suggests that with personal introspection and necessary changes, Moore can navigate his way back from this crisis.

‘I think coaches can always rebound. Once you make changes in your personal life that may have affected you – to lose your job and stuff like that – my dad used to tell me time heals everything,’ Orgeron, a friend of President Donald Trump, said in an interview with Fox News.

Disgraced Michigan coach Sherrone Moore has been backed to rebound from his scandal

National champion Ed Orgeron (left), a friend of Donald Trump, says Moore can bounce back

‘Once you make certain adjustments that you need to, maybe you have to start back at a lower position and work your way up, I think people can always do it.’

Moore – whose bleary-eyed mugshot was released for the first time on Wednesday – allegedly threatened an unnamed female staffer with several butter knives and a pair of scissors, a bombshell new police report has claimed.

He then screamed he would kill her and himself, claiming that she had ‘blood on her hands,’ cops said.

It is alleged that he threatened an unnamed female staffer after their affair came to an unsavory end.

In documents seen by Daily Mail, the staffer claimed that she had been in an ‘intimate relationship’ with Moore, with the coach himself admitting to detectives that it had lasted ‘approximately two years’.

She is alleged to have ended the relationship two days before the arrest, also filing a formal report to the University of Michigan revealing the details of their secret romance.

Moore, pictured with wife Kelli, was fired by Michigan over an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with a staffer before being arrested over an alleged assault last Wednesday

The married father-of-three was accused of breaking into the home of his assistant Paige Shiver (left)

Despite being dumped, Moore – who is married to his wife Kelli with three young daughters – is then said to have bombarded his former mistress with ‘dozens of text messages and calls’ over the next two days.

After spending Wednesday and Thursday night in a cell, he was released after posting a $25,000 bail, and was pictured alongside his wife over the weekend as she continues to stand by him. In a 911 call to police last Wednesday, Kelli told officers that her husband was ‘suicidal’ after losing his job at Michigan.

‘Hopefully, the things that are bothering coach, hopefully he gets help if he needs help, and hopefully he makes those adjustments,’ Orgeron added.

‘I think the number one thing, though, is for him to be OK. And I wish anybody in that situation that first, get yourself right. Everything else will fall into place. So, coach, if you’re listening, get yourself right. And everything else will fall in place.’

Orgeron, who clinched a national title during his spell with the LSU Tigers, is a well-known ally of Trump’s after receiving a congratulatory phone call from the President following his team’s Peach Bowl victory over Oklahoma in 2019.

Orgeron recently called for Trump to be ‘more involved’ in college football’s NIL conflict

This week the 64-year-old also called on his pal to have greater involvement in the current NIL controversy surrounding college football, saying: ‘I think [Trump] should be more involved. Something has to happen. Our sport is getting killed, man.

‘I love players getting paid. I think it’s fair. But I think there ought to be a cap, and the transfer portal, there’s got to be rules on it. 

‘It’s kind of like the Wild Wild West. I’m talking to coaches, it’s like, “Hey man, we’re working 24/7, 12 months a year. It’s crazy when guys are coming, when they’re going.” But you know what? It’s got to be give and take. Players have got to get a lot, but the schools have got to get some guarantee in return…

‘I think the president, he loves football, he’s a friend of mine, the more he can step in and stop what’s going on in college football, the better off it’s going to be.’