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Sherrone Moore attends 2024 State of the Union address

So this is how Coach is spending his Thursday night! #GoBlue

What a whirlwind it must be for Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore.

Just six years ago, he was getting his first real opportunity in the big leagues, promoted from tight ends coach at Central Michigan to holding the same position at the flagship school in Ann Arbor. Three years later, he was named offensive line coach and he became the co-offensive coordinator the following year in 2022. In 2023, Moore became the team’s sole offensive coordinator and got the opportunity to be the interim head coach for four games.

A year later, he’s no interim. He’s the bona fide head coach.

And being the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines comes with special privileges and benefits. While some previously had appeared to be because the maize and blue had a celebrity head coach in Jim Harbaugh, Moore is getting a taste of the position — none bigger than his Thursday night.

According to MLive’s Aaron McMann, Moore made his way to Washington D.C. with a Michigan delegate of the House of Representatives, Debbie Dingell, to attend the State of the Union address.

Regardless of your political leanings, it’s a huge honor to attend the event and it’s one that Jim Harbaugh had previously attended — as a guest of Dingell and former representative Justin Amash.

So, welcome to the big leagues, Mr. Moore — you’re no longer just a position coach on a Big Ten team, you’re a leader that will get to do things most people never get to.

New Michigan head coach shares what Chargers fans can expect from Jim Harbaugh

Michigan’s new head coach Sherrone Moore expressed his support for Jim Harbaugh and shared what Bolts fans should expect from him. 

During an appearance on NFL Network, Michigan’s new head coach Sherrone Moore expressed his support for Jim Harbaugh and shared what Chargers fans should expect from him. 

“First of all, an impeccable, great human being, great man, high character, high values,” Moore said. “But you’re gonna have a tough, physical, fast, relentless football team that will play through the echo of the whistle and give you everything they got every game and nothing less.

“They will play with high standards, they will play with discipline and they do everything that you guys want. And I look forward to watching Coach Harbaugh and all the staff kick butt at the next level.”

Harbaugh has made it clear that the Chargers will play physical football next season through hard work and resilience.

The new head coach of the Chargers means business and those are no empty words from Sherrone on the former Michigan head coach. Harbaugh is famous for a reason—he’s successful.

If his resume isn’t enough, it’s evident that his personnel support everything he does. 

Mike Barrett on Sherrone Moore: ‘I think a lot of people really underestimate him’

The team is in really good hands. #GoBlue

Former Michigan football linebacker Mike Barrett knows a little something about being underestimated.

Once a quarterback at the high school level in Georgia, Barrett came to the north and languished on the bench on the defensive side of the ball for years. He finally had his turn to thrive in 2020, but the defense was a step behind as a whole, and then-coordinator Don Brown lost his job as a result. With a schematic change defensively, Barrett, again, was sentenced to the bench — at least for a long while.

Then, over the course of the past two-and-a-half years, he made one play after another. It became clear in late 2021 that he had something, and by the end of his sixth year, 2023, fans didn’t want to see him leave.

While Barrett’s story is one of patience and perseverance, he doesn’t believe new Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore will need much of the former, because he’s got a ton of the latter.

At the NFL scouting combine, Barrett was asked about Moore being elevated to head coach. Though the reaction from the national media was tepid, the former Wolverines team captain is sure Michigan has the right guy leading the team moving forward.

“He’s gonna give it everything he has, man. He’s probably more than anybody in the country, I think,” Barrett said. “Coach Moore — I think a lot of people really underestimate him because they don’t really know him as much, know him as much of a coach. But now I feel like he’s gonna be — that’s probably the best hire they could have made. Honestly, when I heard that, I was in there jumping around, I was in there talking with him.

“But yeah, coach Moore, he’s a guy who’s gonna get everybody fired up regardless of offense, defense, regardless of the position, he’s gonna get everybody — when it’s time to lock in, he gonna get them locked in. He knows the game plan, he’s gonna get the guys ready to execute the game plan. And yeah, I’m excited to see what he’s gonna do.”

While many think the Wolverines will be good next year, just about everyone expects them to take a step back from the national championship season in 2023. Given the personnel losses, that makes sense, but the foundation is still there for the team to be elite, Barrett believes.

When it comes to what Moore, the new coaching staff, and the players Barrett and his ilk have passed the torch to need to do, the outgoing linebacker believes that the best course of action is to keep doing what the team has been doing. If Moore can do that, the team should be in good hands.

“Just keeping the culture,” Barrett said. “I feel like over the years I was there, it was a culture that was built and just being able to really just lock into that. Not really get deterred by everything that’s going on. Just kind of stay on that one-track mind that we always talked about and just being able to focus on the job at hand and just going out there and kicking (expletive deleted) every week-to-week.

“So yeah, it’s just keeping that in front of the mind, just not letting everything — outside noise really getting in and just continue to grind. They know the kind of work that it takes, what kind of work it takes on a day-to-day basis and just continuing to do that.”

LOOK: Sherrone Moore drops the puck at Michigan hockey vs. Notre Dame

He’s certainly making the rounds! #GoBlue

It’s been something of a whirlwind for Michigan football the past month. First, Jim Harbaugh finally departed for that NFL offer he had been searching for for the past three years, and suddenly, the Wolverines found themselves with a new head coach in Sherrone Moore.

Moore might not have the same level of celebrity as Harbaugh did when he arrived in Ann Arbor as Harbaugh was arguably the biggest name in football — college or pro. But still, Moore is making the rounds — from his interview on Fox during the Michigan basketball vs. MSU game last week to one week later, when he made an appearance at Yost Ice Arena.

The first-year head coach of the maize and blue got the opportunity to come out onto the ice and perform the ceremonial puck drop between the Wolverines and Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Perhaps Moore was good luck for the boys in maize on Saturday evening, as the Wolverines beat the Irish, 2-1, in a series sweep.

Sherrone Moore responds to Ohio State’s impressive offseason

The rivalry never ends. #GoBucks

After 26 years, Michigan fans finally were able to celebrate a national championship on the football field. However, it seems they were the only ones celebrating as the season was clouded with allegations of cheating and two different suspensions of head coach Jim Harbaugh.

Three straight losses to its rival up north along with the pain of seeing the Maize and Blue hoisting the College Football Playoff trophy was enough to send Ohio State and Ryan Day into scorched earth policy. Day went deep into the transfer portal and brought in a haul of talent to complement an experienced team already bringing back most of its core. The Ohio State head coach knows it’ll most likely cost him his job if he doesn’t beat the Wolverines this year.

Sherrone Moore was promoted from offensive coordinator to head coach when Jim Harbaugh decided to jump ship and head to the NFL. Following in the footsteps of his predecessor,  Moore likes to stoke the fires of the rivalry. Most recently, the new Michigan head coach was asked about Ohio State’s impressive offseason. His response?

“We’ll settle that in November,” quipped Moore.

Short and to the point with a passive-aggressive tone.

We love that this rivalry goes hard 365 days a year (366 this year). Michigan certainly won’t be a pushover by any means, but with the senior experience in Columbus, the new additions from the portal, and the game being played in Ohio Stadium, let’s just say Sherrone Moore will have his work cut out for him.

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Ranking the Big Ten head football coaches entering the 2024 season

Wisconsin has one of the best coaches in the conference

Coaching turnover ruled the offseason both in the Big Ten and across college football.

Many of the moves set off several dominoes, like Nick Saban retiring at Alabama, which then led to Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer taking the Alabama vacancy and Arizona head coach Jedd Fisch moving over to Washington.

Related: Which Big Ten football team has the toughest conference schedule in 2024?

All of these coaching changes — from Saban’s retirement, to Jim Harbaugh’s move to the NFL, to Jonathan Smith moving from Oregon State to Michigan State — have at least some effect on the Big Ten landscape. Whether it’s a direct move or triggers subsequent assistant movement, Wisconsin fans should be interested in the results of the coaching carousel.

Entering the 2024 season there are five new head coaches in the Big Ten (UCLA, Indiana, Washington, Michigan, Michigan State), plus the addition of USC’s Lincoln Riley and Oregon’s Dan Lanning. The coaching landscape looks a lot different than it did at this time a year ago.

So far this offseason we’ve ranked all 18 programs in the Big Ten, predicted each Big Ten team’s 2024 record and checked in on the Las Vegas win totals for each team in the conference.

Now, here are Badgers Wire’s official Big Ten head coach rankings entering the 2024 season:

Report: Former Wisconsin DL coach Greg Scruggs reports to work at Big Ten rival

Luke Fickell needs to replace another assistant

Reports surfaced earlier this week that Wisconsin defensive line coach Greg Scruggs was taking the same position at Michigan on Sherrone Moore’s new coaching staff.

There has not been direct confirmation of the move from either the Michigan or Wisconsin football programs.

That said, Rivals’ Josh Henschke reported the following on ‘X’ last night:

“Scruggs reported to Schembechler Hall today where he spent time with [defensive coordinator] Wink Martindals going over film and chatting. The two hit it off, I’m told.”

Related: You might be surprised where Wisconsin football is on ESPN’s early 2024 SP+ rankings

This comes after Henschke put out on February 13 that Scruggs had ‘begun calling Michigan DL players to inform them of his arrival.’

Reading between the lines, this seems like a done deal despite Michigan not yet officially announcing the move.

The news leaves the Badgers with an opening at defensive line coach. It’s one Luke Fickell must fill quickly as spring practice commences and the class of 2025 recruiting cycle heats up.

Scruggs is the third Wisconsin assistant to make lateral moves this offseason. Wide receivers coach Mike Brown took the same position at Notre Dame, safeties coach Colin Hitschler did the same at Alabama and now Scruggs at Michigan.

Fickell already must deal with year-to-year player turnover up and down his roster, now add coaching turnover to that list as well.

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Report: Top Wisconsin assistant on the move to a rival Big Ten program

Luke Fickell may be losing yet another assistant

Wisconsin defensive line coach Greg Scruggs is taking the same position on Sherrone Moore’s staff at Michigan, according to a report from 247Sports’ Sam Webb.

Scruggs was part of Luke Fickell’s staff at Cincinnati from 2018-2021. He spent 2022 on the New York Jets’ staff before becoming the Badgers defensive line coach entering the 2023 season.

Related: Social media roasted a Wisconsin legend during the Super Bowl broadcast

The young assistant had a five-year NFL career with the Seattle Seahawks (2012-2015), Chicago Bears (2015-2016) and New England Patriots (2016). He was originally a seventh-round pick out of Louisville.

The addition of Scruggs helps Moore round out his new coaching staff at Michigan after Jim Harbaugh took a number of Wolverine assistants with him to the Chargers.

From a Wisconsin perspective, the Badgers are losing yet another assistant this offseason. Scruggs is the third to leave, joining Mike Brown, who took the Notre Dame wide receivers coach job, and Colin Hitschler, who is the safeties coach at Alabama.

Related: Win totals released for Wisconsin, every Big Ten team in 2024 football season

Fickell has work to do before spring practice begins and as the class of 2025 recruiting efforts ramp up.

The news has not been confirmed by either program, but Wisconsin defensive lineman Curt Neal’s post on X could be an indication.

Michigan football makes interesting defensive coordinator hire

Thoughts on Michigan’s hire?

Head coach Sherrone Moore and the Michigan football program are hiring longtime NFL assistant coach Wink Martindale to be their defensive coordinator, according to a report from Adam Schefter.

It’s a fascinating hire. Martindale is known across the NFL for his aggressive defensive approach and unconventional way of generating pressure on a quarterback. He is also known as a long-time NFL assistant coach — he hasn’t been in the college game since 2003.

Martindale spend 2022-2023 with the New York Giants, 2012-2021 with the Baltimore Ravens, 2009-2010 with the Denver Broncos and 2004-2008 with the Oakland Raiders. His last experience in the college game was as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at Western Kentucky from 2000-2003.

Martindale is well-regarded as a defensive coach, so that box is checked. But I’d call this an unconventional hire for Michigan — especially as the program looks to rebuild continuity after the Harbaugh era abruptly ended.

That abrupt end saw Harbaugh take the Chargers head coaching job and also bring with him top assistants including defensive coordinator Jesse Minter, safeties coach and special teams coordinator Jay Harbaugh and strength and conditioning coach Ben Herbert.

New Wolverines head coach Sherrone Moore has work to do to return Michigan to the top of the conference. That work includes acing his coordinator hires and rebuilding a roster that loses much of the production from the National Championship-winning team.

Moore was in part hired to maintain continuity from the previous successful regime. That continuity looks tough to come by as he’s tasked with rebuilding an entire coaching staff.

Martindale may turn out to be a terrific hire, time will tell. What can be said: this hire does not aid continuity.

Wisconsin avoids playing Michigan this season but does visit Ann Arbor in 2025. It’s worth monitoring how the succession play to Moore works out, as the Badgers will have a chance to regain supremacy in the battle between the two programs.

WATCH: Sherrone Moore on Rich Eisen Show, how he became a football coach

He’s the man of the moment! #GoBlue

It’s been an incredible journey for new Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore, going from being a tight ends coach at Central Michigan in 2017 to holding the same position with the Wolverines in 2018 to becoming the offensive coordinator in 2022 to becoming the head coach just two years later.

Moore has, since his introduction last week as the team’s 21st head coach, been making the rounds on the media, from appearing on Pat McAfee’s show on Thursday to the Rich Eisen Show on Friday.

Eisen, an outspoken Michigan alum, asked Moore how he got into coaching, what his first meeting with Jim Harbaugh was like, and how he earned the position of head coach over the course of his tenure in Ann Arbor.

Watch the entire exchange below.