Michigan parts ways with alleged mistress of fired football coach Sherrone Moore

Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore, second from right, walks with his wife, Kelli Moore, left, and his attorney, Ellen K.Michaels, right, towards the courtroom, Thursday, Jan.22, 2026, in Ann Arbor, Mich.(AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

Moore allegedly maintained an inappropriate, yearslong relationship with the staffer, despite him being married with multiple children.

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�s attorney, Heidi Sharp, on the day thatMoore allegedly entered her homewithout permission, which later resulted in his arrest. 

Det.Jessica Welker of the Pittsfield Township Police Department testified in court that the staffer called Sharp after Moore entered the residence and refused to leave.Sharp then told emergency dispatch that Moore was inside of her client’s home “attacking her.”

The woman accused Moore of continuing to approach her until she was able to get her attorney on the phone, at which point he “immediately backed up and turned the knives on himself, pointing them at his neck, saying that he was going to kill himself and that she was going to watch.”

Then-Michigan Wolverines head coach Sherrone Moore looks on during the college football game between the Michigan Wolverines and the Illinois Fighting Illini on Oct.19, 2024, at Memorial Stadium, in Champaign, Illinois.(Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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Moore then left the staffer’s residence and was later taken into custody by law enforcement, where he denied physically attacking the staffer.

The staffer, whose LinkedIn profile listed her as an executive assistant to the head football coach at the University of Michigan, earned just over $58,000 in 2023 and 2024, according to public payroll information.In the 2025 fiscal year, though, her salary jumped to $99,000, according toa salary disclosure reportfrom the University of Michigan.

That’s a 70.62% increase year-over-year — even higher than the figure circulating social media right now, viaUMSalary.info.

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Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore, center, appears in the courtroom, Thursday, Jan.22, 2026, in Ann Arbor, Mich.(AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

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Moore, who faces felony home invasion, stalking and illegal entry charges,scored a legal victorylast month when a judge granted a request for a hearing to learn more about the investigation that led to criminal charges against him.

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Judge J.Cedric Simpson, who is presiding, expressed concern that a police detective didn’t disclose Moore’s employer-employee relationship with the woman when a magistrate authorized a warrant for his arrest.Simpson described it as a “glaring omission.”

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