Another major college football coaching job has just become available.
Michigan has fired head coach Sherrone Moore, in a surprise move that the university said was because of misconduct.
“U-M head football coach Sherrone Moore has been terminated, with cause, effective immediately,” Michigan Athletic Director Warde Manuel said in a statement. “Following a University investigation, credible evidence was found that Coach Moore engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. This conduct constitutes a clear violation of University policy, and U-M maintains zero tolerance for such behavior. Biff Poggi has been appointed head football coach in an interim capacity, effective immediately.”
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The Michigan opening instantly becomes the best job available in college football — at a time when the dust was seemingly already settling on this year’s college coaching carousel.
Although Moore’s record through two years at Michigan isn’t great — he inherited the reigning national champions from Jim Harbaugh and went 8-5 in his first year and 9-3 in his second — he was not believed to be on the hot seat until Michigan learned of the inappropriate relationship.
Whatever the reasons for Moore’s departure, the Michigan job is now open, and high-profile coaches both in college and the NFL will be interested.
