Former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh ‘still processing’ Sherrone Moore scandal

Jim Harbaugh had few words about the Sherrone Moore scandal on Friday. 

The former Michigan head coach and current Chargers bench boss, who hired Moore at Michigan in 2018, was asked by reporters about the debacle on Friday.

“I’m still processing that,” Harbaugh said. “Still processing that like a lot of people, I’m sure.”

Moore worked under Harbaugh for six seasons, rising from a tight ends coach to the Wolverines’ offensive coordinator in Michigan’s 2023 national championship-winning season, Harbaugh’s last in Ann Arbor.

During that season, Moore filled in for the suspended Harbaugh for four games, going 4-0 with a win over rival Ohio State en route to the College Football Playoff and a national title.

After that championship run, Harbaugh bolted for Los Angeles and later spoke highly of Moore after he was hired as his replacement.

“Sherrone is the right man for the job,” Harbaugh said during his introductory press conference with the Chargers. “That’s the guy, and [Michigan] got it right.”

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He was fired by the school on Wednesday for having an inappropriate relationship with a Wolverines staff member. 

Moore allegedly broke into an apartment belonging to his executive assistant, Paige Shiver, grabbing butter knives and kitchen scissors from a drawer, prosecutors Friday.

“I’m gonna kill myself, I’m gonna make you watch, my blood is on your hands, you ruined my life,” Moore allegedly said during the incident. 

He is now facing charges of felony home invasion, and a pair of misdemeanors — stalking and breaking and entering.

Moore was Michigan’s head coach for nearly two years, going 17-8. 

With Moore out, interim head coach Biff Poggi will lead the Wolverines in the Citrus Bowl against the University of Texas on New Year’s Eve.