Fired Wolverines football coach Sherrone Moore‘s executive assistant at the University of Michigan was given a hefty pay hike in the past year, according to public records.
Moore, 39, a married father of three, was fired Wednesday over an alleged “inappropriate relationship with a staffer” and subsequently arrested following an altercation at an address in Pittsfield Township, Mich.
Paige Shiver, the staffer linked to Michigan’s Sherrone Moore, apparently saw her salary spike recently, records show. Jeff Kowalsky/ZUMA / SplashNews.com
His executive assistant, Paige Shiver saw her salary spike from $58,025 in 2024 to $90,000, without any apparent change in job title, according to publicly available figures on college staffer salaries.
Shiver, a 32-year-old Purdue grad from West Lafayette, Indiana, is the daughter of a longtime scout for the Chicago Bears.
Police were called to the apartment complex, where one-bed apartments are available for $1,800 to rent, around 4 p.m. Wednesday “for the purposes of investigating an alleged assault,” according to a statement from Pittsfield Township police.
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Less than an hour after the police investigation, Moore’s firing was announced in a statement by Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel.
He was fired with cause after an outside investigation found “credible evidence” of an “inappropriate relationship” with a staffer, according to a statement. The woman Moore was having the affair with has not been officially named.
Moore has been married to his wife, Kelli, since 2015. Facebook
Wolverines insider publication Maize and Blue Review reported that the scandal began to spiral out of control on Monday when Moore was told to distance himself from the staffer, and he fired her.
She then came to the university with evidence of the affair, and that prompted Manuel to terminate Moore “for cause,” according to the publication.
Being fired for cause could mean that Michigan has no obligation to pay out the remaining estimated $14.5 million to $16 million on Moore’s contract.
Moore was being held in Washtenaw County Jail after he was booked at around 8 p.m. Wednesday. He is set to appear in court for arraignment on Friday.
“The matter involving Mr. Moore remains under active investigation by law enforcement, and as a result, we do not expect charging decisions or an arraignment today. Mr. Moore remains in custody at the Washtenaw County Jail,” Prosecutor Eli Savit told the Detroit Free Press.
“As this remains an active investigation, we are unable to comment further at this time, but our office will provide an update once a decision on charges is made,” the statement concluded.
The Pittsfield Township Police Department, the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department, and the Saline, Mich., Police Department were all approached for comment.