Sherrone Moore Posts Bail, Released From Jail After His Arrest

Sherrone Moore is out of jail.

The recently fired University of Michigan football coach was released from the Washtenaw Corrections Division at 3:39 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 12, according to jail records obtained by PEOPLE.

This comes 43 hours after Moore was booked into custody on the evening of Wednesday, Dec. 10, and just two hours after he made his first court appearance Friday.

Moore is now charged with one felony and two misdemeanor counts in the wake of that court appearance. Those counts, which were revealed by local officials just moments before Moore’s arraignment, include third-degree home invasion, stalking and breaking and entering. The home invasion is a felony charge and stalking and breaking and entering are both misdemeanor charges.

If convicted on the home invasion charge, Moore could be sentenced to up to five years in prison.

His arrest came on the same day that University of Michigan Athletic Director Warde Manuel terminated Moore from his post as head coach of the school’s football team because he allegedly had an “inappropriate relationship” with a female staff member.

Shortly after learning this news — but before it had been released to the public — Moore drove to the home of the former lover who had informed the school about their relationship after the two broke up earlier this week, prosecutor Kati Rezmierski alleged in court.

Moore and his wife Kelli have been married for almost a decade and have three young children.

“Our victim broke up with the defendant on Monday morning. She eventually presented herself to the University of Michigan and cooperated in some form of investigation there,” Rezmierski  said.

Moore allegedly forced his way into her home and grabbed multiple butter knives and a pair of scissors before making “threatening” comments in front of the alleged victim.

“I’m gonna kill myself! I’m gonna make you watch! My blood is on your hands! You ruined my life,” Moore allegedly told the woman, according to Rezmierski.

He left, however, when she told him of her plans to contact her lawyers, and was arrested an hour later when his car was spotted in a church parking lot.

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Moore’s attorney, Joseph Simon, declined to offer any information about his client’s release, which does come with a number of conditions. He will have to wear a GPS tether and continue to receive mental health treatment, the judge ordered, and he is prohibited from having any contact with the named victim in the case.

“That means no calling, no writing, no video chatting, no texting, no e-mailing, or any other form of contact the human mind can possibly fathom,” Washtenaw County Magistrate Judge Odetalla Odetalla said to Moore at his arraignment Friday. “No one in the world thinks that this person is going to reach out to you. Should they do so — and again, no one thinks that they’re going to — you may not reply in any form or fashion.”

Moore will not be back in court for over a month, returning on Jan. 22, 2026 for a probable cause hearing.

He is now out of a job and the $12.3 million guaranteed by his contract over the next three years because the university fired him for cause. It is unclear if he can or will challenge that assessment.

Moore is also not facing any assault charges at this time.

The former coach appeared in court via Zoom on Friday wearing a white prison uniform.

The prosecutor argued against his release despite not charging him with committing any physical act of violence, saying: “While I understand there isn’t evidence to suggest that he directly threatened the victim with any of those implements that I’ve indicated, the totality of the behavior is highly threatening and highly intimidating.”

“She was terrorized, Your Honor,” said Rezmierski.