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Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Five employment law fumbles by U-M's Sherrone Moore - JD Supra

Foul, man, foul.

The facts keep trickling out about Sherrone Moore, former head football coach for the University of Michigan, and his relationship with his executive assistant. (The assistant’s name has been disclosed unofficially, but not officially, so I’ll refer to her as “the assistant.”)

If you believe the New York Post, the sordid story is a mess. And was completely avoidable.

Here's the story, according to the Post (again, please note that this may or may not be accurate):

Coach Moore, who is married with three kids, had been having an affair with the assistant for a couple of years. The University of Michigan has the equivalent of a no-fraternization policy, which requires employees in certain consensual relationships to disclose the relationship. Coach Moore’s contract required him to abide by the policy. But he didn’t disclose the relationship.

Even though he didn't disclose the relationship (and neither did his assistant until very recently), there was quite a bit of scuttlebutt about the alleged relationship, as there would be in any workplace. The University even reportedly tried to conduct an investigation but came up with nothing.

But the scuttlebutt continued, and very recently, Coach Moore was advised by someone (the Athletic Director?) to distance himself from the assistant.

So he did. He allegedly fired his assistant. That'll create some distance!

The assistant understandably didn't appreciate being fired, and on Wednesday, December 10, she went to the...



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