Sherrone Moore Arrives in Court with Wife as His Lawyers Signal Plan to Attack Accuser’s Credibility

Sherrone Moore appeared in a Michigan courtroom Thursday for a probable-cause hearing as his defense team asked for more time to review evidence in the case.

The 39-year-old former college football coach arrived holding his wife, Kelli Moore’s, hand. He escorted her to a seat in the gallery, then joined his attorney at the front of the courtroom. Moore did not speak during the proceeding.

His lawyer, Ellen Michaels, requested a 30-day adjournment to gather additional discovery, telling the judge she is seeking the accuser’s phone records and Title IX-related documents from Moore’s former employer, the University of Michigan. Michaels said the requested materials could include statements from the accuser and other information that, she argued, could raise questions about the accuser’s credibility.

Prosecutors did not object. The hearing was rescheduled for March 19.

A separate hearing is set for Feb. 17 after a motion was filed seeking to quash Moore’s arrest warrant. Because the warrant remains active, it authorizes law enforcement to arrest Moore or search his properties if probable cause is established. If the warrant is quashed, that authority would be removed.

Moore was arraigned last month on one felony count and two misdemeanor counts: third-degree home invasion (felony), stalking (misdemeanor), and breaking and entering (misdemeanor).

The charges stem from Moore’s arrest after he allegedly confronted a University of Michigan staffer—someone he had been romantically involved with—inside her residence on Dec. 10. That same day, the relationship also led to his firing from the university.

According to testimony from Det. Jessica Welker of the Pittsfield Township Police Department at a prior court hearing, the staffer’s attorney contacted emergency dispatch and reported that Moore was inside the woman’s home and “attacking her.” Welker testified that the attorney also alleged Moore had been stalking the woman for months and claimed Moore had a history of domestic violence and was “very dangerous.”

Moore denied those allegations, but Welker testified that he told police he had been in an intimate relationship with the staffer for approximately two years.

Welker said the staffer told responding officers the relationship ended on Dec. 8, when she ended it and told Moore she had nothing more to say to him. Welker also testified that Moore allegedly called and texted the woman multiple times over the next two days.

The staffer told officers Moore’s arrival at her home on Dec. 10 was traumatic, Welker said, adding that the staffer said she had “never been more terrified in her life.”

Moore was booked into the Washtenaw Corrections Division the night of Dec. 10 and released two days later after his first court appearance. He was released after his wife posted bail. The couple have three children.

Beyond the criminal case, Moore is also no longer employed by the University of Michigan and could lose $12.3 million in guaranteed pay over the next three years, after the university fired him for cause.

The university terminated Moore for allegedly violating a policy adopted in 2021 that strongly discourages intimate relationships between a supervisor and a supervisee. The policy does not outright ban such relationships, but states the supervisor cannot initiate the relationship and must disclose it immediately to their own supervisor so a management plan can be put in place to maintain a workplace “inclusive and free from abuse of power, coercion, sexually harassing conduct and favoritism.”

It remains unclear whether Moore will challenge the university’s determination.