Sherrone Moore has been a part of many fall camps, but in less than a month, he’ll be leading the charge for a change.
Moore came aboard in 2018 as the Wolverines’ tight ends coach but was elevated to offensive line coach and co-offensive coordinator in 2021. The latter role expanded a year later when Josh Gattis defected to Miami, and then it expanded even more as he was named the sole offensive coordinator last year.
But now, he’s the head coach, the man overseeing it all.
When it comes to fall camp, Moore told Rick Pizzo on the Big Ten Network what his vision is of fall camp and how he intends for it to look. And if it does look as he envisions, Michigan football will be awfully hard to beat again in 2024.
“The biggest thing you want to see is you create a callus of physicality and mentality and continue to sustain and sustain strain in tight moments,” Moore said. “And we’ll create that as much as we can within camp but also stay healthy. And, we’ve got a great schedule ahead of it. And we’re excited about the schedule.”
The schedule is certainly much more daunting, not only with Michigan facing three of the four incoming former Pac-12 schools but also with Texas coming to Ann Arbor in Week 2 and a road trip to Ohio State at the end of the year.
Of course, Moore also has some challenges, personnel-wise.
Though Michigan is almost fully-loaded, with what should be one of the best, if not the best, defenses in the country, there are 15 or more players who were counted on heavily last year who are no longer with the program. Without quarterback J.J. McCarthy and running back Blake Corum on offense, and nickel Mike Sainristil and linebackers Junior Colson and Mike Barrett on defense, there are a lot of holes to fill.
Still, Moore is enthusiastic about who he inherited, and points to the culture as to why he feels confident about Michigan’s ability to continue its standard of excellence in 2024.
“I think the culture that’s built now is that the guys understand that and they understand that doesn’t really matter who’s in that seat, who’s in that chair, who’s in those uniforms, that the standard set’s the same,” Moore said. “And when you wear the block M, you wear it with pride and you go attack and try to go win championships. So that’s what we’re gonna go try to do. We know there’s a process to it and we got to keep attacking that process.”
Watch the entire interview with Pizzo below.