Sherrone Moore describes how Michigan is approaching ongoing NCAA investigation

Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore had to address how the Wolverines would handle the ongoing NCAA investigation.

The program was accused of illegally stealing signs and former head coach Jim Harbaugh ended up suspended the final three games of the year amid that investigation. However, it didn’t prevent Michigan from going undefeated and winning the national title.

But despite Harbaugh off to the Los Angeles Chargers and Moore taking over, it’s not something that’s going away immediately.

“That’s something that’s out there,” Moore said on the Rich Eisen Show. “We don’t know what’s going to happen with it. And we’re just going to take it day by day. You know, obviously, I think the President made a great statement and talked about how, you know, our players and we won it fair and square. Just like coach said, I think we’re innocent, and we’ll just keep trucking along and attacking every day. And that’s what we’re gonna do.”

In essence, Moore and Michigan are definitely looking forward to putting that part of 2023 in the rearview mirror.

Now that Michigan is in a new era, Moore wants to mold the football program his way, continuing what Harbaugh did for nine seasons. 

“The biggest thing people want to know is how I’m going to run the program compared to Coach,” Moore said. “I’m going to run it my way. We’re still going to be tough, we’re still going to be smart, we’re going to be dependable, we’re going to be relentless in everything we do, continue the enthusiasm.

“The energy, for me, is a big piece of it. I want to be someone that the kids that can rely on, that can be a vessel for [them], to be open for them. My philosophy in coaching is, I coach hard, but I love harder — and they’re going to feel that.”

Moore made it clear he can’t do things the way Harbaugh did to a ‘T.’ It’s gotta be his own moving forward.

But one thing’s clear, Moore was universally accepted as the successor to the Michigan legend.

“The program and how we’ve done it and how we’ve built it is going to be the same,” Moore said. “There are going to be bits and pieces that are the same. I’m going to be me. I can’t be Coach. Don’t want to be Coach. Coach is his own person. I love him. I’ve got mad love for him and always will, and respect him and have learned so much for him. But I’m going to run the program my way.”