{"id":584965,"date":"2026-04-15T03:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/584965\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T03:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:50:10","slug":"ex-michigan-coach-sherrone-moore-gets-probation-for-confrontation-with-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/584965\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Michigan coach Sherrone Moore gets probation for confrontation with woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) \u2014 Former Michigan football<\/a> coach Sherrone Moore<\/a> was placed on probation Tuesday for 18 months for a confrontation with his executive assistant soon after he was fired for having an inappropriate relationship with her.<\/p>\n

Moore was facing a possible sentence of up to six months in jail after pleading no contest<\/a> to trespassing and malicious use of a telecom device. But Judge J. Cedric Simpson ordered no time in custody.<\/p>\n

He said jail wasn\u2019t warranted, though he warned Moore that \u201call bets are off\u201d if he violates probation. Simpson, too, said his decision was greatly influenced by the ex-coach\u2019s wife, Kelli.<\/p>\n

Moore, 40, was fired on Dec. 10 after leading the Wolverines for two seasons, following Jim Harbaugh\u2019s move to the<\/a> NFL\u2019s Los Angeles Chargers. It was a stunning dismissal at one of college football\u2019s most prestigious programs.<\/p>\n

Moore was accused that same day of confronting Paige Shiver, with whom he had been having an affair, and blaming her for his firing, even threatening to kill himself with butter knives and kitchen scissors in her apartment. Authorities said she had ended the affair and spoken to school officials about it.<\/p>\n

By ordering probation, \u201cI would let Ms. Shiver know that this court is not by any means lessening the impact of those events,\u201d the judge said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrankly, Mr. Moore, you had no right to do what you did,\u201d he added. \u201cI know that she was placed in fear. It was a traumatic experience that day for you. It was certainly a traumatic experience for her. But you had no right to spread your pain to her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Shiver did not attend the hearing but released a statement, saying the sentence \u201cdoes not reflect the harm done to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe broke into my apartment, crying, yelling, enraged, and came at me with knives. I was threatened, and I feared for my life,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Moore was initially charged with felony home invasion, stalking and illegal entry. But Washtenaw County prosecutors agreed to a deal in which he pleaded no contest to two other misdemeanors. <\/p>\n

Moore spoke briefly in court, thanking his wife for standing by him but not saying anything about Shiver. Defense lawyer Ellen Michaels told the judge that Moore had received counseling and was focused on his family.<\/p>\n

The judge repeatedly praised Kelli Moore. Simpson said he was especially moved by a letter she wrote in support of her husband. He also noted that she was concerned about Moore\u2019s mental health when she calmly called police on the day of his firing in search of him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe person, quite frankly Mr. Moore, that is saving you from the full wrath of this court is the one you betrayed,\u201d Simpson said. \u201cI don\u2019t know where your wife Kelli finds her strength.\u201d <\/p>\n

Moore responded to the judge by nodding, while his wife\u2019s eyes welled with tears in the courtroom\u2019s front row.<\/p>\n

The judge also cited the \u201ccourage\u201d of prosecutors by backing off from the initial charges.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen the charges were filed they were appropriate,\u201d Simpson said. \u201cBut as with any case, as more facts become known and as more things happen, the facts and the analysis change.\u201d<\/p>\n

The plea deal came after Michaels planned to aggressively challenge<\/a> how police gathered and shared information to get an arrest warrant. She argued that police didn\u2019t disclose that Moore and Shiver had a working relationship that involved calls and text messages.<\/p>\n

Moore did not harm himself on Dec. 10 and was peacefully arrested in a parking lot away from Shiver\u2019s apartment.<\/p>\n

When the hearing ended, Moore leaned over a courtroom barrier and hugged his wife. Outside the courthouse, he held a Bible in one hand and her hand with the other.<\/p>\n

\u201cSherrone is grateful for this matter to be resolved and he and his wife, Kelli, are ready to move forward with their family and focus on the next chapter,\u201d Michaels said.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

White reported from Detroit.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

EDITOR\u2019S NOTE \u2014 This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. There is also an online chat at 988lifeline.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) \u2014 Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was placed on probation Tuesday for 18…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[2662,2302,231079,399,793,3073,6336,256092,4381,1305,1303,398,396,397,2825,256091,4382,99,795],"class_list":{"0":"post-584965","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-college-sports","9":"tag-courts","10":"tag-ellen-michaels","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-general-news","13":"tag-indictments","14":"tag-jim-harbaugh","15":"tag-kelli-moore","16":"tag-law-enforcement","17":"tag-mi-state-wire","18":"tag-michigan","19":"tag-ncaa","20":"tag-ncaa-football","21":"tag-ncaafootball","22":"tag-prisons","23":"tag-sherrone-kelli-moore","24":"tag-shootings","25":"tag-sports","26":"tag-u-s-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}