Fired Michigan coach Sherrone Moore was ‘suicidal’ after cops were called to his executive assistant’s apartment

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Sherrone Moore, the lauded head coach of the University of Michigan football program, threw his $30 million career on hold after his affair with his assistant came to light — culminating in his stunning arrest for alleged assault.

The 39-year-old married father of three’s promising career came to an abrupt end in prison Wednesday. He was hired as Michigan’s head coach that afternoon and, in that same hour, was arrested on criminal charges for allegedly entering the home of his executive assistant, Paige Shiver, with a knife in hand.

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Moore — the first black head coach in Michigan history — is now cooling his heels in the Washtenaw County jail on suspicion of assault charges.

The shocking news came just days after Moore spoke to reporters as the No. 18-ranked Wolverines began preparing for the Citrus Bowl later this month, and caught the college football world by surprise.

Thursday’s stunning developments included:

• Moore was reportedly “suicidal” and armed with a knife after going to Shiver’s apartment after being evicted from his

• He remained in jail Thursday, with a first court appearance scheduled for Friday

• Shiver, 32, was given a 55% raise to $90,000 last year

• The University previously investigated claims of his “inappropriate relationship” with an employee, but he denied it, according to reports

• He was fired when employees came forward with evidence of the affair after he broke it off, according to the claims

• Michigan football insiders reported that Moore was “acting strangely, dismissive of assistant coaches,” according to ESPN.

A female caller reported to a 911 dispatcher that Moore was armed with a knife and had been following her “for months,” according to police audio obtained by The Post.

“Men in the place are attacking her … he said he has been following her for months,” a male voice can be heard in the audio recording.

The audio also indicated that Moore had threatened to harm himself during the alleged exchange, after which he fled on foot and was arrested at a nearby church.

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Dispatch said the caller reported that Moore brandished a knife before dropping the weapon and running away.

“He will be at the Well Church, 211 Willis Road … suicidal … driving a blackened Chevy Tahoe,” Washtenaw County Police dispatch can be heard saying a short time later.

Here’s the latest on former Michigan coach Sherrone Moore

The call came from Shiver’s Ann Arbor address, according to public records, although it was not immediately clear if she is the victim.

Cops in Pittsfield Township confirmed Wednesday that they were investigating an alleged assault, but did not explicitly say Moore was involved.

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“The incident does not appear to be random in nature, and there appears to be no ongoing threat to the community,” reads the statement from the Pittsfield police department.

No formal charges had been filed as of Thursday evening.

“The matter involving Mr. Moore remains under active investigation by law enforcement, and as a result, we do not expect charging or arrest decisions today,” Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit said in a statement, confirming that he remained in custody.

Moore – who married his wife, Kelli, in 2015 and has three daughters – was dismissed “with cause” from the University on Wednesday after it emerged he had an “inappropriate” relationship with a staff member who has not been publicly identified.

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Michigan Athletic Director Warde Manuel announced Moore’s firing just hours before his arrest on Wednesday.

“UM head football coach Sherrone Moore has been terminated, with cause, effective immediately,” Michigan announced in a statement. “Following a University investigation, credible evidence was found that Coach Moore engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. This behavior constitutes a clear violation of university policy, and UM maintains zero tolerance for such behavior.”

Being dismissed with the lawsuit could mean Michigan has no obligation to pay the estimated $14.5 million to $16 million remaining on Moore’s contract.

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It’s unclear how long the university had been looking into the relationship between the football coach and the staff member, but Moore had been doing media interviews as recently as Tuesday, when he held a press conference and did a one-on-one interview with WXYZ Detroit.

Under Moore’s tenure, his assistant, Shiver, saw her salary jump from $58,025 in 2024 to $90,000, with no apparent change in job title, according to publicly available college employee salary figures.

The scene that played in the dispatcher’s audio closely mirrors a bombshell interview on local TV with John Bacon, a University of Michigan teacher and author with deep ties to the school’s illustrious football program.

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Bacon claimed that Moore “entered an employee’s home in Pittsfield Township … grabbed a knife, and threatened to harm her and to harm himself.”

According to Bacon, Moore is in protective custody “surrounded by mental health professionals.”

Even before his shocking shooting, the state of Moore’s mental health was being considered with growing concern at the university.

Moore has recently been acting “strange,” according to ESPN – college football reporter Pete Thamel wrote that the situation had been “spilling” for the past few weeks.

“There was a lot of trouble on the Michigan staff, sources had told me Sherrone Moore was acting strange, scolding the assistant coaches, not acting normally,” Thamel said Wednesday on “SportsCenter” after Michigan dropped the ax.

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Despite the suddenness of Michigan’s announcement, ESPN college football analyst Josh Pate claimed that speculation about Moore’s future had been swirling for “weeks and weeks.”