INDIANAPOLIS — Sherrone Moore might be the new head coach of Michigan football, but he not only has a resume as the acting head coach, he has the trust of his players — fully.
Thanks to not only his stint at tight ends, offensive line, and offensive coordinator, but as interim head coach, the full team knows what it’s getting in Moore. They all have a relationship with him, and they know he knows what it takes to win in Ann Arbor thanks to beating Penn State on the road and Ohio State at home for all the marbles.
Senior fullback Max Bredeson couldn’t be happier for Moore’s promotion, and he notes that the emotion he showed after the Penn State game really exemplified his care for the team beyond just wins and losses.
“He’s incredibly passionate,” Bredeson said. “He wants to see the best for us so badly. And I think it was just such a moment for him that he got to be there and see everything from a different point of view. And he was just happy to see the joy that Michigan brings him.”
In that time last year, Michigan football had its full complement of the coaching staff, minus Jim Harbaugh. And while Bredeson notes that now-former strength coach Ben Herbert was also instrumental when it came to motivating the team before that top-10 matchup against the Nittany Lions, mostly the team followed the leadership Moore brought to the table.
“Yeah, and it was a little bit of Coach Herb, too, but it was mostly Coach Moore,” Bredeson said. “And that final message before you go out is always been a mission with the head coach. And you could feel the energy and how much energy he brings with it to be still so like, cool, calm, and collected. Pretty special.”
Moore may be a first-time head coach, but these were pivotal experiences when it comes to understanding what it takes on game day as well as developing trust with those who played for him. Though Moore acknowledges there are a lot of other aspects to being a head coach that he’s learned about since taking over earlier this year (as he says, there are a lot more pictures with fans he’s had to take than expected), his first foray into being at the top of a big-time college football coach has certainly been a good primer for what will come this year.