Juwan Howard reacts to Sherrone Moore being named Michigan football coach
The Michigan Wolverines didn’t waste very much time in naming their new head football coach. As expected, the team named interim head coach Sherrone Moore as the new head coach of their football team.
Shortly after the news was announced, Michigan head basketball coach Juwan Howard caught wind of the news and was excited about the hire. Here’s what he had to say.
Sherrone Moore is being named the new Michigan football head coach after Jim Harbaugh’s departure for the NFL, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Harbaugh accepted the job as the Los Angeles Chargers’ new head coach on January 24.
Moore, who went 5-0 as acting head coach this past season, is the next man up in Ann Arbor. He oversaw the Wolverines offense as the OC and helped lead Michigan to a national title in 2023. Now, he’ll attempt to build upon Harbaugh’s nine seasons of success as the new man in charge of the Big Ten’s top program.
Moore becomes the first Black head coach in program history. Along with Howard, Moore puts Michigan on a short list of Division I schools with a Black head coach in football and men’s basketball.
“Tremendous,” Harbaugh said when asked what to expect of Moore as a head coach ahead of the national championship. “We’ve already seen it, right? You’ve already got a glimpse of the shining star that he is. He’s just phenomenal, so smart, works so hard at it. He knows what it’s like to be a player … he was a player. And he’s really, really composed. Something goes wrong, three, two, one, let it go. He’s tremendous at that.”
Harbaugh made sure to mention Moore was at his best during the College Football Playoff semifinal against Alabama.
“He was never better than he was in that two-minute drive in the Rose Bowl and in overtime,” Harbaugh said. “Knew he had to call the game, the drive of his life, and he did. We saw the same thing when he’s coaching against Ohio State in the Big House.
“The same thing when he went to Penn State. How about that? You’ve got to go to Penn State, you find out the day before the game, In addition to your offensive line coaching duties, your offensive coordinating play duties and your play-calling duties, you’re also going to make the head coach decisions as well.”
In a conversation with On3’s Andy Staples, Moore described how the jarring contrasts of his work and home life affect his mindset.
“It’s humbling,” Moore said. “You get put into perspective the things that are in your life. People only see those things on television and the stadium, the going for it, the coaching part and the TV, but they don’t see the real life me.
“When I go home it has nothing to do with anything I call or the games that we win. I’m gonna go back to their room and they’re not going to be worried about the national championship game. They’re worried about, ‘Dad, hey, let’s play. Let’s do this.’ For us, it’s, it’s humbling, but it’s also grounding. It lets you know the things that are important.”
On3’s Nick Kosko also contributed to this article.