Photo: Washtenaw County Jail
Police bodycam footage from former Michigan Wolverines head football coach Sherrone Moore's arrest was obtained and shared by TMZ Sports on Friday (March 27).
The video shows Moore, 40, bawling while being handcuffed and placed in a police car during his December 10 arrest. The former coach was seen wearing Wolverines gear at the time of the incident, which took place shortly after he was fired due to an inappropriate relationship with a former executive assistant and drove to her home and threatened to harm himself.
"That's part of life, I guess. They wanted to fire me anyways," Moore said after an officer shared his condolences regarding the firing.
The officer then asked Moore, a married father of three, how he was feeling and he mentioned something about a therapist before confirming he didn't actually want to hurt himself despite making the threats.
"I don't wanna hurt myself, man," Moore said. "I got a beautiful family, kids."
Paige Shiver, the alleged former mistress and executive assistant, addressed the incident earlier this month for the first time since initial reports of their inappropriate relationship in December, claiming she faced “years of manipulation, harassment, and exploitation” by Moore and that the University of Michigan failed to protect her. Shiver, 32, released her statement through the Chicago-based Action Injury Law Group on March 9, three days after Moore agreed to plead no contest to two new misdemeanor charges as part of a deal to drop a previous felony count and two separate misdemeanors.
The former executive assistant said she faced a power dynamic as a "subordinate employee" to a "powerful head coach" in which she “felt pressured, intimidated and unable to escape conduct that should never occur in any workplace — let alone at a public university,” though not providing specific details on the alleged relationship. Shiver's statement also referenced Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel referring to the relationship as "a clear violation of University policy" and noted that the school maintains "zero tolerance for such behavior," calling on the University of Michigan to investigate further as she may not be the only one who experienced “inappropriate, coercive or predatory behavior” from Moore.
Prosecutors agreed to drop the initial, more serious charges in exchange for Moore pleading no contest to two new misdemeanor charges of malicious use of a telecommunication device in a domestic relationship and trespassing. Moore went 16-8 during his tenure as Michigan's head coach, which included a non-conference win against Bowling Green, as well as three wins against Penn State, Maryland and Ohio State credited to former head coach Jim Harbaugh during the 2023 national championship season when Moore served as acting head coach in Harbaugh's absence due to a suspension.
The former guard replaced Harbaugh when the latter accepted the head coaching position with the NFL's Los Angeles Chargers in 2024 and went 8-5 (5-4 Big Ten) during his first season and 7-3 (6-2 Big Ten) in 2025.