Sherrone Moore already is a national champion and a three-time Big Ten champion. However, he won those games as either the co-offensive coordinator or offensive coordinator.
Now Moore is leading the charge in Ann Arbor and will be entering his second year after an 8-5 campaign which ended strongly with wins over eventual national champion Ohio State and College Football Playoff hopeful Alabama.
Thus, when CBS Sports put together a list of head coaches who could be the next to win their first national championship, though Moore wasn’t at the top of the list, he was on the list.
Sherrone Moore, Michigan
There are dozens of coaches with more head-coaching experience who have gotten closer to winning a national championship as a head coach, but Moore has Michigan much closer to getting back to the top than some may realize. As schools and programs modernize their operation for the NIL era, we have seen a huge boost in recruiting success from some traditional powers that have long had spending power potential but not always directed those funds as explicitly towards player acquisition. Flipping five-star quarterback Bryce Underwood from LSU is the headline that will power the positivity heading into 2025, but I think the roster quality on display at the end of the season that shows a group that really was a decent offense away from remaining in the Big Ten title race.
Michigan finished the year without some of its key playmakers on defense yet also finished the year with wins against Ohio State and Alabama, breaking the Buckeyes’ hearts in Columbus and then stifling Jalen Milroe and the Crimson Tide in the bowl game. The Wolverines lost 13 NFL Draft picks off last year’s title team and were dealing with injury issues throughout the season, yet the defense still held five of their final six opponents under 21 points including those 13-10 and 19-13 wins against Ohio State and Alabama, respectively, at the end of the season.
