DETROIT, MI - University of Michigan's head football coach Sherrone Moore was arrested and fired, and as of Thursday, December 11, was still sitting in jail as Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit's office weighed the charges allegedly being brought against him.
Moore was expected to be in court for his arraignment on Friday, December 12, according to police. Moore was arrested on Wednesday, December 10, for an alleged assault he committed after he was informed that he was being fired, the Detroit News reported. The alleged assault happened before his firing was publicly announced.
What allegedly happened has caused a flurry of rumors and even fewer confirmed facts, all involving college football's all-time winningest program — a program that won a national championship less than two years ago.
It is also a program that is left, once again, to pick up the pieces from what appears to be another scandal. "You certainly can't wear your Block M with the same amount of pride today as you could yesterday," former Michigan star tight end Jake Butt said. "It just sucks because it still means a lot, the term 'Michigan Man.' No one's gonna want to hear it again."
Moore, who is 39 years old, was fired on Wednesday afternoon for what college officials say was evidence of an inappropriate relationship with an unidentified staff member. Michigan issued a two-paragraph press release about his firing at approximately 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday and held no news conference.
By the time that announcement was made, Moore was already in police custody for the alleged assault. Pittsfield Township police reported making contact with the Moore at 4:10 p.m. on Wednesday.
At 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Moore was reportedly booked into the county jail, where he remained until his scheduled Friday court appearance. There have been no details of possible charges against Moore, nor any details of the alleged assault by any of the three departments that responded to the alleged incident. A staff member in UM athletics has a listed address at an apartment complex in the vicinity of where officers responded.
Moore was allegedly "suicidal" and was wielding a knife shortly after he was fired, according to dispatch and police audio obtained and reviewed by the Detroit News.
"According to our victim here, he did put a knife to his throat and ran out," according to an officer as police searched for the coach. Later, "they're also advising that when he left the location on their call, he walked out with several knives." In another clip that the Detroit News obtained, a dispatcher said a caller told her a male was at her location in the house, and that he had been stalking her for months.
Moore was not identified on the audio, but the location was reportedly in the same block as where police said they arrested Moore. It is unclear if Moore has obtained legal counsel. Moore is married with three young children and resides in Ann Arbor.
"It doesn't look good," Michigan student William Harper, 21, a senior from Detroit, said while walking near the Student Union. "It's not great for the school's image," said Kayden Lincoln, 24, a first-year law student from Montana.
Moore was expected to be in court for his arraignment on Friday, December 12, according to police. Moore was arrested on Wednesday, December 10, for an alleged assault he committed after he was informed that he was being fired, the Detroit News reported. The alleged assault happened before his firing was publicly announced.
What allegedly happened has caused a flurry of rumors and even fewer confirmed facts, all involving college football's all-time winningest program — a program that won a national championship less than two years ago.
It is also a program that is left, once again, to pick up the pieces from what appears to be another scandal. "You certainly can't wear your Block M with the same amount of pride today as you could yesterday," former Michigan star tight end Jake Butt said. "It just sucks because it still means a lot, the term 'Michigan Man.' No one's gonna want to hear it again."
Moore, who is 39 years old, was fired on Wednesday afternoon for what college officials say was evidence of an inappropriate relationship with an unidentified staff member. Michigan issued a two-paragraph press release about his firing at approximately 4:45 p.m. on Wednesday and held no news conference.
By the time that announcement was made, Moore was already in police custody for the alleged assault. Pittsfield Township police reported making contact with the Moore at 4:10 p.m. on Wednesday.
At 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Moore was reportedly booked into the county jail, where he remained until his scheduled Friday court appearance. There have been no details of possible charges against Moore, nor any details of the alleged assault by any of the three departments that responded to the alleged incident. A staff member in UM athletics has a listed address at an apartment complex in the vicinity of where officers responded.
Moore was allegedly "suicidal" and was wielding a knife shortly after he was fired, according to dispatch and police audio obtained and reviewed by the Detroit News.
"According to our victim here, he did put a knife to his throat and ran out," according to an officer as police searched for the coach. Later, "they're also advising that when he left the location on their call, he walked out with several knives." In another clip that the Detroit News obtained, a dispatcher said a caller told her a male was at her location in the house, and that he had been stalking her for months.
Moore was not identified on the audio, but the location was reportedly in the same block as where police said they arrested Moore. It is unclear if Moore has obtained legal counsel. Moore is married with three young children and resides in Ann Arbor.
"It doesn't look good," Michigan student William Harper, 21, a senior from Detroit, said while walking near the Student Union. "It's not great for the school's image," said Kayden Lincoln, 24, a first-year law student from Montana.
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