Michigan Coach Sherrone Moore Expected Two-Game Suspension for 2025

Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore is expected to serve a two-game suspension during the 2025 season as part of self-imposed penalties by the university in response to the Connor Stalions advanced scouting scandal. Moore will miss Michigan's Week 3 and Week 4 games against Central Michigan and Nebraska, but will be allowed to coach the high-profile Week 2 matchup against Oklahoma, his alma mater. The suspension is linked to Moore deleting 52 text messages exchanged with Stalions on the day news of the sign-stealing investigation broke; investigators later recovered the messages. The NCAA has cited Michigan for 11 violations, including six classified as Level I, the most serious, while Moore's actions constitute a Level 2 violation. These self-imposed sanctions could be followed by further NCAA penalties, with a hearing before the Committee on Infractions expected to take place soon. The scandal, which erupted during Michigan's 2023 championship season, involved Stalions organizing an illicit sign-stealing network to decode opponents' signals.