Michigan's Sherrone Moore one of college football's top assistants 'deserving of strong head coach consideration'
Michigan Wolverines football has a young but talented assistant coaching staff. Co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach Sherrone Moore has been with head man Jim Harbaugh since 2018, when he was hired as the program’s tight ends coach. He quickly climbed up the rankings, with a promotion to his current title ahead of the 2021 campaign. And now he’ll split play-calling duties with co-coordinator and quarterbacks coach Matt Weiss.
The next step for Moore is obvious. He has been coveted by other programs over the last few years as a top assistant, but now that he is that at Michigan, his next leap would likely be becoming a head coach. On3 college football insider Matt Zenitz included Moore among 25 assistants nationally who deserve “strong head coach consideration.”
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Moore started his coaching journey at Louisville as a graduate assistant (2009-11) and tight ends coach (2012-13), before heading to Central Michigan, serving as tight ends coach from 2014-17. He was also assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator for the Chippewas. Moore played offensive line at Oklahoma in the mid-2000s.
Six tight ends combined for 119 receptions, 1,611 yards and 13 touchdowns in Moore’s three seasons leading the position group at U-M. Those Wolverines had one season with third-team All-Big Ten honors and three seasons with all-conference honorable mention recognition.
He’s continued that success to his job leading the Michigan offensive line.
The Michigan assistant has praised for connecting well with his players, allowing him to teach and help them retain information, while also displaying tough love. It’s a balance that many try to master but few — only the good and great ones — do while still maintaining a mutual respect with his players.
“Coach Moore brings energy every single day. He pushes us to our limits,” former Michigan offensive tackle Andrew Stueber, now a New England Patriot, said last year. “He’s really done a good job of building up the young guys, too. You can see that in who’s gotten in for some games this year. It was the right time for his perspective, bringing in new energy. He’s done a great job.”
Last season, Michigan’s line won the Joe Moore Award for being the “toughest, most physical” unit in the country. Stueber was named second-team All-American and one of four starters to earn first- or second-team All-Big Ten honors. The Wolverines yielded the fewest tackles for loss per game in the country (2.4) and fifth-fewest sacks (one).
Michigan defensive coordinator Jesse Minter was listed as a “name to know moving forward.” He could potentially be next in line for a head coaching opportunity, but he’s only entering year one in Ann Arbor.
Two former Michigan assistants also make the list
Two former Michigan coaches — Josh Gattis (Miami) and Chris Partridge (Ole Miss) — also made the top 25 along with Moore.
Gattis spent three seasons as the offensive coordinator at Michigan but bolted for Miami in February. He won the Broyles Award for the nation’s top assistant in 2021.
Partridge joined the Michigan staff out of the high school ranks (Paramus Catholic in New Jersey) in 2015. He spent a year as the Wolverines’ director of player personnel, before becoming an on-field assistant from 2016-19. He served as Michigan’s special teams coordinator while also coaching the Wolverines’ linebackers (2016-17) and safeties (2018-19), and was a star for the Maize and Blue on the recruiting trail. He’s now the defensive play-caller for the Rebels.
