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Former NFL player and analyst Shannon Sharpe saw similarities between his exit from ESPN and the Michigan Wolverines parting with Sherrone Moore. The program fired the coach on Monday after finding “credible evidence” that Moore engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.
Moore was arrested on Wednesday as a suspect in an alleged assault, hours after the Wolverines fired him. During Wednesday’s edition of his “Nightcap” show, Sharpe reflected on Moore’s situation, relating it to his tumultuous exit from ESPN a couple of months ago.
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“I can imagine six, seven months ago, I went through something very similar. So I can, I know what that storm is like, unless you’ve been in it. That’s why, when people say, This is what I would do, you don’t know what you do, yeah, until you in it, until you’re in that pressure cooker, until you in the eye of the storm, until you in… all everything that you work your entire life for you feel it like it’s crumbling right before your eyes. (1:43:17)
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The three-time Super Bowl champion parted ways with ESPN in July, a few weeks after he settled a $50 million rape and sexual assault lawsuit. After two years with the network, Sharpe, who arrived with high expectations following a seven-year tenure with Skip Bayless on “UNDISPUTED,” couldn’t leave the situation untouched.
Sherrone Moore took over from Jim Harbaugh after Harbaugh returned to the NFL to coach the LA Chargers. Moore finished his second season with the Wolverines surrounded by doubts and criticism. The team posted an 8-5 record in 2024, improving to 9-3 in 2025, but ending the season on a low note with a loss to Ohio State in rivalry week.
Adam Schefter says Sherrone Moore felt people were after him in Michigan
NFL insider and Michigan alumnus Adam Schefter offered a different perspective on the Sherrone Moore situation. Schefter said on Thursday’s episode of “First Take” that Moore felt he had a target on his back within the program.
“What we haven’t heard yet is Sherrone Moore’s side of this. And he gets his say in this particular situation as well. And I do know he felt like people had it in for him for an awful long time there while he was at Michigan. He felt like there were people who were out to get him,” Schefter said.
Michigan investigated Moore in the fall after receiving a tip about the situation. While the first investigation turned up nothing, new information led to Moore’s immediate firing.
Edited by Orlando Silva
