Current, former ESPN pundits hint that potential Black coaches could be affected by Sherrone Moore's firing

Sherrone Moore's vocation is surely successful jeopardy aft helium was deed with 3 charges, including a felony, pursuing his firing from Michigan for an "inappropriate relationship" with a staffer.

Michigan diversion manager Warde Manuel said successful a connection that "credible grounds was recovered that Coach Moore engaged successful an inappropriate narration with a unit member." He was arraigned successful tribunal Friday connected home-invasion and stalking charges, with prosecutors alleging Moore had engaged successful an "intimate relationship" with the Michigan staffer for "a fig of years" and that connected Monday the pistillate broke up with him.

During Thursday's variation of ESPN's "First Take," erstwhile NFL subordinate turned expert Ryan Clark insinuated that Moore, the archetypal African-American caput manager successful Michigan's history, "failed" imaginable Black coaching candidates.

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Head manager Sherrone Moore of the Michigan Wolverines watches lukewarm ups earlier the assemblage shot crippled betwixt the Indiana Hoosiers and the Michigan Wolverines astatine Memorial Stadium connected November 9, 2024, successful Bloomington, IN. (Getty Images)

"He failed a assemblage of coaches who would emotion to travel him to get an accidental to manager astatine an historically large assemblage similar a Michigan. That was the accidental that helium had astatine helium failed astatine …" Clark said. 

"If you're Sherrone Moore, who was the archetypal African-American caput manager astatine the University of Michigan, there’s besides a assemblage of coaches that would emotion to travel successful your footsteps that volition beryllium partially judged due to the fact that of your actions. He does person to ain that. He does person to, astatine immoderate point, admit that helium has to beryllium held accountable for that, whether these things are existent and idiosyncratic was aft him oregon not… He won't get a Bobby Petrino rebound. He'll beryllium treated similar Mel Tucker and Michael Haywood."

Tucker was fired from Michigan State implicit alleged harassment, arsenic was Haywood from Pittsburgh. Haywood did not manager again for different 5 years, until helium took the occupation astatine Texas Southern. Petrino was fired from Arkansas successful 2012 aft it was revealed helium was having an extramarital affair, but helium was hired by Western Kentucky conscionable 8 months later.

Michigan Wolverines caput shot manager Sherrone Moore is seen during warmups earlier a assemblage shot crippled against the Northwestern Wildcats astatine Wrigley Field successful Chicago, Illinois, connected Nov. 15, 2025. (Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)

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Former ESPN big Jemele Hill offered akin sentiments, besides name-dropping Tucker and Petrino, citing "the quality successful who gets a 2nd accidental to beryllium a caput coach."

"Though I deliberation Sherrone Moore is simply a cornball, earlier we commencement coating his firing, Mel Tucker’s and Ime Udoka’s arsenic immoderate benignant of indictment of achromatic antheral coaches, fto maine punctual you of the pursuing names: Hugh Freeze, Bobby Petrino, Rick Pitino, Mike Price, among others," Hill posted connected Threads. "The quality is successful who gets a 2nd accidental to beryllium a caput coach. And you tin conjecture who usually gets different chance." 

"Rick Pitino is seen arsenic a redemption story. Black coaches usually don’t get that. I don’t attraction astir Sherrone Moore. He earned immoderate is coming, but unluckily Black coaches volition apt wage for what he’s done — and that isn’t right," Hill said successful a station connected X.

Prosecutors accused Moore of contacting the staffer via telephone calls and texts aft the breakup, prompting the pistillate to interaction the University of Michigan and cooperate successful its investigation. Moore was subsequently fired from his presumption arsenic caput shot coach, which prosecutors said prompted him to amusement up astatine her home.

Moore past allegedly "barged" his mode into the residence, grabbed a food weapon and a brace of room scissors, and began threatening his ain life. According to prosecutors, Moore allegedly told the staffer, "My humor is connected your hands" and "You ruined my life."

Former Michigan shot manager Sherrone Moore appears via video successful tribunal successful Ann Arbor, Michigan, connected Dec. 12, 2025. (Ryan Sun/AP Photo)

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Prosecutors claimed Moore "terrorized" the staffer and said they believed him to beryllium a "risk to nationalist safety."

Moore is facing implicit six years successful situation if convicted. His adjacent tribunal day was scheduled for Jan. 22.

Fox News' Paulina Dedaj contributed to this report.

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