Sherrone Moore claims 'the goals always stay the same' for Michigan after championship

Sherrone Moore is looking to keep the main thing the main thing for the Michigan Wolverines moving forward in 2024.

While Moore is stepping into big shoes, replacing Jim Harbaugh after the coach captured a national title for Michigan and returned to the NFL afterwards, he believes he’s the right man for the job. He has the support of the fanbase, and Moore’s goals for his team in 2024 don’t stray from last season’s mission.

“I think the goals always stay the same,” Moore told the media. “The goals are to beat our rivals. Win the Big Ten. Beat Ohio State. Make the Playoff, win the Playoff. So the goals stay the same, and the process in which we do things will stay the same.

“The people are different. The people are always different, every year. So we’re just going to attack the process every day, do it how we know best and put our heads down and work.”

Moore makes a good point about the people being different, but that isn’t native to only this past offseason. Michigan has undergone changes before, but the goals have always remained the same, and that’s something the head coach recognizes as he moves into his new role.

We’ll see if Sherrone Moore has as much success as Jim Harbaugh did. It’ll be tough to live up to his predecessor, but Moore had a good boss to teach him the ropes, so it could all work out in the end for him.

Sherrone Moore describes changes as full-time head coach

This Spring has been the first for Sherrone Moore as the full-time head coach of the Michigan Wolverines. With that, has come a time of transition for Moore as he goes from being a coordinator to the head man.

Moore described those changes recently, explaining that his role is more about management than it is about football now. 

“Just different in the fact that it’s not as much football,” Sherrone Moore said. “I used to sit in the room with two big screens and watch football all the time, but it’s less of that and more of managing of an organization on a daily basis. Just keeping our alignment and keeping our process the same. So, that’s really been the biggest difference for me.”

Sherrone Moore has been at Michigan since 2018. At that point, he was the tight ends coach and in 2021 he became the co-offensive coordinator. He was also the team’s acting head coach when then-head coach Jim Harbaugh was suspended at the end of the 2023 season. However, that was different than being the permanent head coach, as Harbaugh was able to coach during the week, not just during games.

That time as the acting head coach wasn’t exactly the same as being the permanent head coach. However, it has seemed to help with Moore’s transition. 

“It’s been great,” Moore said. “There’s been things that go on every single day that are different, that you have to handle. Excited about everything that’s gone on and want to keep progressing.”

Beyond adjusting to a new role, Sherrone Moore is widely adjusting to a new roster in Ann Arbor after 13 Wolverines were selected in the NFL Draft. Finding a way to replace that talent is going to be tough. However, it’s also going to be key to maintaining Michigan’s success.

On3’s Dan Morrison contributed to this article.