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Sherrone Moore finally has his contract.
Nearly nine months after Moore was tapped as Michigan’s next football coach, he and university officials put pen to paper to finalize the agreement this week, the school announced Wednesday.
In a statement, Moore, who was working under an expired memorandum of understanding that he signed on Jan. 26, said he was “excited to have this full contract completed” and thanked athletic director Warde Manuel and school president Santa Ono for their support.
“Their support for our team is greatly appreciated and all three of us are aligned in our goals for this football team,” Moore said. “We want the attention to be on the players that work so hard to represent this team and university at the highest level.”
Details of the contract were not immediately available, but the MOU that Moore signed in January outlined terms for a five-year, $30 million deal. Last week, Manuel went on a school-sponsored podcast and said the contract was “being worked on as we speak,” citing a new coaching hire for the men’s basketball program in March, dueling NCAA investigations and finding a new retail operator for the delay.
“They just don’t happen overnight, and there are things that have popped up,” Manuel said on the “Conqur’ing Heroes” podcast. Less than a week later, the athletic director and school president, Santa Ono, helped get the contract over the finish line. In a joint statement, Manuel and Ono called Moore a “proven leader” and “great ambassador” for Michigan.
“Our university and athletic department leadership is behind Coach Moore, his coaching staff and the great student-athletes that compete on the field and in the classroom,” Manuel and Ono continued. “We are excited to see our team take the field this Saturday against Arkansas State.”
The announcement comes just four days after Michigan after lost its first regular-season game in nearly three years, a 31-12 game to Texas. The Wolverines, who went 15-0 last season and won the College Football Playoff national championship, fell from No. 10 to No. 17 in the AP Top-25 poll.
The Wolverines are also under NCAA investigation for an alleged sign-stealing scheme that may have broken advanced scouting rules. Moore, who was slapped with a Level II penalty for a second, separate NCAA probe of recruiting violations and served a one-game suspension last year, could face a second Level II infraction as part of the new case.
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