Michigan offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore named one of top 15 coaches under age 40
Michigan Wolverines football offensive coordinator and line coach Sherrone Moore began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Louisville in 2009 and has worked his way up ever since. Within three seasons, he was a position coach for the Cardinals, and by 2018 he joined head coach Jim Harbaugh in Ann Arbor, serving as tight ends coach.
He’s been a steady riser, having been promoted to offensive line coach and co-coordinator in 2021, and now he’s the sole coordinator heading into the 2023 season.
CBSSports.com’s Dennis Dodd compiled a list of 15 college coaches under age 40 that fans “need to know,” and Moore, a 37-year-old, unsurprisingly made the cut. He’s one of seven assistants to make the list, with the rest being head coaches.
“The argument can be made that Moore’s had the most success at mobilizing Jim Harbaugh’s offensive vision at Michigan,” Dodd wrote. “Sure, the players might be better now, but consider the Wolverines have won back-to-back Big Ten titles going to consecutive College Football Playoffs.
“Moore, a former Oklahoma guard, has been one of the guiding force behind consecutive Joe Moore Awards, signifying the best offensive line in the country. Running back Blake Corum might have been a Heisman finalist if not for a late-season injury. Quarterback J.J. McCarthy became a difference maker in 2022. Moore arrived in 2018 as tight ends coach and has quickly climbed the ladder.”
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The Joe Moore Award originated in 2015. No program had earned the honor in back-to-back seasons until Michigan did in 2021 and 2022 — Moore’s first two campaigns leading the Wolverines’ men up front.
The Maize and Blue ranked sixth nationally in scoring offense last season and 16th in 2021. It’s Moore’s show now, and while he has a lot of responsibility on his plate, he’s embracing the opportunity.
“I don’t come in here and work at all,” Moore said this spring. “It’s fun for me. This is just too fun for me. I live a dream right now. So I’m just gonna continue to grind as hard as I can and live out this dream that we’re living in.”
Michigan’s offensive coordinator is “beyond ready” to be a head coach somewhere, head man Jim Harbaugh has said. Harbaugh added that athletic directors have reached out inquiring about the 37-year-old. He did receive interest this offseason — including turning down an interview from Western Michigan — and one industry source told TheWolverine.com that he’s viewed nationally as a surefire future head coach.
Moore is one of Harbaugh’s closest confidants.
“[There is] nobody I have more respect for than Sherrone Moore, nobody that I’ve worked with do I have more respect for,” Harbaugh said in December. “Like a brother. Like my own brother. … That trust, that friendship, that love goes both ways. That’s how I feel about Sherrone Moore.”
Moore is one of six Wolverine assistants under 40, joined by defensive coordinator Jesse Minter (39), quarterbacks coach Kirk Campbell (37), running backs coach and run game coordinator Mike Hart (37), tight ends coach Grant Newsome (26) and safeties coach and special teams coordinator Jay Harbaugh (33).
Former Michigan offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Josh Gattis (2019-21), who was fired by Miami after the 2022 campaign and hired by Maryland this offseason, also made Dodd’s list. He is 39 years old.
