Sherrone Moore on transitioning to head coach: 'I'm not gonna change'

Sherrone Moore is now the man in charge in Ann Arbor, with former head coach Jim Harbaugh returning to the NFL after leading the Michigan Wolverines to a national championship.

The transition to head coach won’t be an easy one. However, as Moore explained while making an appearance on The Joel Klatt Show, he might be going into a new role but he’s not going to change who he is.

“I’m not gonna change,” Sherrone Moore said. “I’m gonna be who I’ve always been. I’ve always been a process-driven person. That’s who I’m gonna be. I’m not gonna change that. I’m gonna put the players first. Always gonna do that.”

Sherrone Moore has been in college coaching since 2009, shortly after his playing career ended. He got to Michigan in 2018 after spending some time at Central Michigan. He held several assistant roles and became the team’s offensive coordinator. Along the way, he learned plenty from Jim Harbaugh.

“That’s something me and Coach [Jim Harbaugh] were very close on together about how we did things, who this program is about, it’s about the players,” Moore said. “Even the philosophy of offense and defense. I was very close with him and talked about how we do things on a daily basis, how we conducted our business. What the offense, what the defense, what special teams looked like. So, that philosophy on how we do things will reign true, the same, on how we did it last year and years in the past because I had a big hand in that.”

Jim Harbaugh served multiple suspensions during the 2023 season. That gave Sherrone Moore a chance to be the interim head coach and get experience during games in that role.

“But there will be some different changes in what we do, but to my core we’re going to be physical, we’re going to be tough, we’re going to try to outlast people,” Moore said. “We’ll be multiple in every phase. We’re going to be fundamentally sound and balance what we do.”

Sherrone Moore reflects on what he learned through head coaching experience in 2023

Sherrone Moore has also reflected on his time as the interim head coach and what he learned from it.

“I learned that you’re always in the spotlight, there’s always somebody watching you. But the decisions you make not only impact that side of the ball, but the whole team, and how important, how diligent, how detailed you need to be in the preparation of all that. I was very humbled, again, to just be in that position and do that,” Moore said.

“The first game that it happened was the Penn State game and it was an environment that’s close to unmatched in any college football arena, especially for an away team. It was loud, it was volatile, it was fun, invigorating. But it was something that our players kind of gravitated towards and they love that, they love being the villain and it was a special, special game. I’m not saying I wont do it again, because if it has to be done we will. Wasn’t the plan, wasn’t the plan at all. Just kind of happened that way. At the end of the day, we’re going to do whatever it takes to win. So if we’ve gotta do that, we will.”