Sherrone Moore has been selected by Michigan to succeed Jim Harbaugh as head coach.
Sherrone Moore, who took over for Jim Harbaugh earlier this week when he accepted the head coaching position with the Los Angeles Chargers, was named the new head coach of Michigan on Friday.
Moore’s five-year contract includes a $500,000 base salary and an additional $5 million in pay in the first year. Moore will earn $500,000 per contract year if he stays on as head coach for the full year, with his pay and supplemental compensation increasing by 2% each of the next few years.
In addition, he is eligible for prizes totaling up to $3.5 million, which includes $500,000 for winning a conference title and $1 million for taking home the national title. His buyout begins at $5 million and drops by $1 million annually until it reaches $1 million in the last year of the agreement.
This past season, Moore was the Wolverines’ offensive coordinator and, for four games, the acting head coach when Jim Harbaugh was suspended. Moore helped Michigan remain unbeaten in its pursuit of a national championship by going 4-0 in those contests, including victories over Penn State and Ohio State.
In Michigan’s football history, he is the first Black head coach to be employed on a permanent basis.
“I have been preparing my entire coaching career for this opportunity and I can’t think of a better place to be head coach than at the University of Michigan,” Moore stated in a statement. “As a TEAM, we will exert every effort every day to carry on the 144-year tradition of championship football played at Michigan. We won’t be lowering our standards. We will be a championship-caliber football team that is intelligent, resilient, tenacious, passionate, and plays with a winged helmet, each other, and the game.
“We’ll keep striving for success in the classroom, in our communities, and off the field. Working in this new capacity with our players, coaches, and staff excites me.”
Prior to being hired by Harbaugh, Moore had coaching positions at Louisville and Central Michigan. He was appointed tight ends coach at Michigan prior to the 2018 season. Prior to the 2021 season, when the offensive line won the Joe Moore Award as the best in college football for two consecutive seasons, he was named the offensive line coach and co-offensive coordinator.
Athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement, “Sherrone has proven to be a great leader for our football program, especially the offensive line and players on the offensive side of the football.” He is a vibrant, ferocious, and competitive person who brings out the best in the athletes he coaches. The players like spending every day in the facility with him and playing for him.”
Moore was a finalist for the country’s best assistant in 2023, the Broyles Award. As the head coach of the Wolverines, he will now assemble his staff. If Harbaugh tries to bring any of the current Michigan assistants to the NFL, that is yet unknown.
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