The University of Michigan catalogued and shipped 46 boxes of Sherrone Moore's office contents in the weeks following his termination last December, according to inventory records obtained by Sportico. Moore, who succeeded Jim Harbaugh as head coach in January 2024, was fired after being arrested on felony home invasion and stalking charges involving his executive assistant. The boxing operation began while Moore remained in a Washtenaw County jail cell.
The inventory included play scripts, recruiting files, practice schedules, film hard drives, personal memorabilia, and framed photographs. University facilities staff worked systematically through Moore's South State Street office, numbering each crate and logging contents. The shipment went to an address Moore's attorney provided. Michigan declined to comment on whether the university retained copies of any materials or what protocol governed the separation of institutional property from personal effects. Moore posted bond three days after arrest and has entered a not-guilty plea. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for late April.
The operational cleanup matters because Moore's one-year tenure ended mid-recruiting cycle, mid-bowl preparation, and mid-contractual term. Michigan owed Moore roughly $8.4 million in remaining guaranteed compensation under the six-year deal he signed thirteen months earlier. The university is withholding payment pending resolution of the criminal case, citing a for-cause termination clause. Moore's legal team has indicated they will dispute the characterization. The 46-box inventory creates a paper trail that both sides will reference: Michigan needs documentation that Moore received his property and complied with exit protocols; Moore's attorneys need proof the university didn't selectively retain materials that could support his employment claim or undermine the criminal allegations.
The volume also signals how much infrastructure surrounds a Power Four head coach. Moore inherited Harbaugh's entire recruiting database, years of opponent film, proprietary practice scripts, and donor relationship files. The assistant who Moore allegedly stalked managed calendar access, travel logistics, and correspondence—she would have known which files mattered and where they lived. Her departure and subsequent protective order complicated the handoff. Interim operations staff handled the boxing without her institutional knowledge. That's why the count ran to 46 crates instead of a handful of personal items.
Michigan has since hired a new head coach and rebuilt the support structure. The athletic department implemented revised protocols for staff background checks and workplace conduct reporting, changes that were already in motion before Moore's arrest but accelerated after. Sponsor partners—Nike, PepsiCo, Ford—received briefings in January. None have adjusted their Michigan commitments, but all are monitoring the criminal proceedings. The university's Title IX office has opened a parallel review, standard procedure when allegations involve a campus employee and another employee.
Moore remains unemployed. His agent, a former NFL personnel executive, has had preliminary conversations with two Group of Five programs about coordinator roles if Moore is acquitted or charges are reduced. Both schools want the legal matter resolved before formal discussions. Moore's $8.4 million claim against Michigan will likely settle or proceed to arbitration after the criminal case concludes. The university has already backfilled his roster scholarship commitments and reassigned his recruiting territory. The 46 boxes are the last tangible piece of a tenure that lasted thirteen months, won eight games, and ended in a county jail.
The takeaway
Michigan's 46-box inventory of Moore's office creates the paper trail both sides need for the wrongful termination fight and $8.4M payout dispute.
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