Sherrone Moore loyal to Michigan football over Oklahoma - 'I'm all about Michigan'

USA Today

2 days ago

Oklahoma is in a precarious position. After Lincoln Riley fled for USC, the Brent Venables saga hasn't quite turned out as they've hoped in Norman, at least thus far. The Sooners will have a big test early in 2025 when Michigan football comes to town, led by OU alum Sherrone Moore.
Usually, in a situation like that, the administration might have an eye on someone who has those ties, and should the Wolverines upend the Sooners in Norman, there may be an outcry to bring a favored son home.
On the other end, Moore is set to be suspended for two games after deleting texts pertinent to an NCAA investigation, but Michigan's choice that that those games come after the trip to Oklahoma. Thus, the thought is it's a big game, as well, for the OU alum. Yet, at Big Ten media days, Moore downplayed his role in the forthcoming matchup, noting that the game is bigger than him.
"Yeah, my anticipation for that game is that it's a big game and it's going to be our first road test," Moore said. "People might not want to hear this from the Oklahoma side, but I'm a Wolverine. I think about it like that. I'm a part of Michigan football. I've been here for eight years and I love this program. I love this place, so my allegiance is not to Oklahoma, regardless of going there. It's to Michigan and to football players at Michigan, so it's going to be a huge test because they're going to be a good football team, and Brent Venables is a great coach. But my thought process and allegiance has nothing to do with I went to school there. It has all to do with we're going to go win the game, and we're going to do everything we can to be physically and mentally ready to do that."
As Moore noted, he's been in Ann Arbor for eight years -- four times longer than his two-year stint in Norman. So, say the Sooners do decide to make a change and Michigan looks more like it had from 2021-23 than last year. And say they come calling for Moore. Would he consider it?
Considering his thoughts on the upcoming Week 2 tilt, it sounds like his allegiance isn't to the school that helped form him as a player -- it's more to the school that rose him through the coaching ranks.
"I've said before, it's pretty documented how much I love Michigan, I'm fully invested in Michigan and what it's done for me and what I continue to do for Michigan," Moore said. "So it's not hard for me to turn that page and understand that I'm all about Michigan."
Moore came to Ann Arbor via Central Michigan in 2018, taking the same position he had in Mount Pleasant, tight ends coach. He was promoted to offensive line coach and co-offensive coordinator in 2021, became the bona fide offensive coordinator in 2023, and head coach in 2024.