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Interim coach Biff Poggi said Michigan players feel ‘betrayed’ after Sherrone Moore’s firing, arrest

Story byRyan YoungStaff writerTue, December 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM UTC·3 min readMichigan football players are, understandably, angry in the wake of the Sherrone Moore scandal as they try to prepare for the Citrus Bowl. Interim coach Biff Poggi spoke with reporters for the first time Monday since he was tasked with taking over the program after Moore was fired and then arrested hours later. Poggi has spent the last several days speaking with players and parents. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHis players, he said, feel betrayed.“It’s been a tumultuous time,” Poggi said, via ESPN. “A lot of … first disbelief, then anger, then really, what we’re in right now is the kids, quite frankly, feel very betrayed, and we’re trying to work through that.”Moore was fired Wednesday after Michigan said that he “engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.” Moore was then detained by police hours later.

Interim coach Biff Poggi said Michigan players feel ‘betrayed’ after Sherrone Moore’s firing, arrest

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Key Highlights

  • He was eventually charged with third-degree home invasion, stalking, and breaking and entering or entering without breaking after his detainment. Moore, prosecutors said, had an intimate relationship with the victim of the home invasion for several years.
  • The prosecutor said that the victim broke up with Moore earlier in the week and then revealed the relationship to the school.
  • After Moore was fired, prosecutors said that he broke into the victim’s home and threatened to take his own life. Moore had been Michigan’s offensive coordinator under previous head coach Jim Harbaugh, and he was promoted to take over after Harbaugh left for the NFL.
  • Moore finished with a 17-8 record as Michigan’s head coach in the two seasons he was in charge. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPoggi, a former head coach at Charlotte, also served as Michigan’s interim head coach earlier this season while Moore served a two-game suspension after the sign-stealing scandal within the program. Athletic director Warde Manuel turned to Poggi to run the program again while the school began its search for a permanent replacement.
  • He’ll lead the Wolverines in their bowl game later this month when they take on Texas in the Citrus Bowl on Dec.
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  1. Interim coach Biff Poggi said Michigan players feel ‘betrayed’ after Sherrone Moore’s firing, arrest

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