Michigan football wasted no time replacing former head coach Jim Harbaugh, announcing just 48 hours later that offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore had been named the 21st head coach in program history.
Moore is the first Wolverines headman who already has a perfect win percentage. He went 4-0 in his tenure as the maize and blue’s interim head coach in 2023 with wins over Bowling Green, Penn State, Maryland and Ohio State. But, this is his first time as a bona fide head coach, thus there’s some question in terms of compensation.
The contract reportedly being offered Harbaugh was $12.5 million per year, but according to The Detroit News’ Angelique Chengelis, Moore is signing a five-year deal starting at $5.5 million per year.
It’s a 5-year deal for Sherrone Moore starting at $5.5 million
— angelique (@chengelis) January 27, 2024
Of course, that’s a pretty low price to get a head coach for a blue-blood program coming off a national championship. What that indicates is the program may spend a lot of the money it had intended to spend on Harbaugh on working to retain some key assistants — such as defensive coordinator Jesse Minter and strength and conditioning coach Ben Herbert. While the Wolverines’ ability to retain either remains to be seen, they certainly have a pretty big pool of money it can spend outside of its new head coach.