The former Michigan football head coach, Sherrone Moore, who has been embroiled in controversy, is awaiting a pivotal decision on Tuesday. The court will determine whether he will serve jail time following an incident where he entered his assistant’s home without permission shortly after their affair came to an end.
Moore, a 40-year-old married man with three children, once held a prestigious position as the Wolverines coach. His career took a dramatic downturn when his extramarital relationship with assistant Paige Shriver became public knowledge last December. This week’s sentencing in the Washtenaw County Court marks the end of a turbulent chapter for the former coach.
Last month, Moore accepted a plea agreement that allowed him to avoid a trial and dodged the more severe charges of home invasion and stalking. By pleading no contest, he conceded to two misdemeanor charges instead. These included the malicious use of a telecommunications device in a domestic context and trespassing during the incident on December 10.
Facing these charges, Moore could potentially serve up to six months behind bars for the telecommunications offense, along with an additional 30 days for trespassing. This is significantly less than the five-year sentence he initially faced under the home invasion charge.
The scandal unfolded after Moore, who was earning $5.5 million annually as the head coach, allegedly forced his way into Shriver’s home. This incident came shortly after his dismissal from the university, which followed revelations of his prolonged two-year affair with Shriver, who was then his assistant.
The sordid saga erupted after Moore — who was paid $5.5 million per year as head coach — was accused of storming into Shriver’s home soon after he was fired after the school learned of his two-year tryst with his then-assistant.
Shriver, 32, ultimately informed the school of the relationship after she called it quits and the embattled coach bombarded her with texts and calls for several days.
Moore, who had coached the team for two seasons, was subsequently let go for what the school described at the time as an “inappropriate relationship” with a staffer.
Soon after, Moore allegedly stormed Shriver’s home and grabbed butter knives and kitchen scissors before threatening to kill himsel.
“I’m going to kill myself. I’m going to make you watch. My blood is on your hands. You’ve ruined my life,” he is alleged to have screamed.
In the hours after his firing, his wife had frantically called 911 fearing he was “going to hurt himself.”
The exiled coach was released on bond following his arrest but was ordered to wear a tracking device ahead of his sentencing.
