Michigan announces Sherrone Moore as full-time head coach | Top Vip News

Michigan announced Sherrone Moore as its new head coach on Friday, replacing Jim Harbaugh, who earlier this week took over as head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers.

Moore’s contract is for five years with a base salary of $500,000, with $5 million in additional compensation in Year 1, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. His salary will increase by 2 percent in subsequent years, and Moore will also receive $500,000 per contract year if he remains as head coach year-round, sources said.

Moore also stands to earn up to $3.5 million in bonuses, including $500,000 for winning a conference championship and $1 million for winning the national championship, according to sources. His buyout starts at $5 million and decreases by $1 million each year, up to $1 million in the final year of the contract, sources said.

Moore had served as the Wolverines’ offensive coordinator and was the interim head coach in four games last season while Harbaugh served suspensions. Moore went 4-0 in those games, including wins over Penn State and Ohio State, helping keep Michigan undefeated in its run to a national championship.

He is the first African-American head football coach in Michigan history.

“I have been preparing my entire coaching career for this opportunity and I can’t think of a better place to be a head coach than the University of Michigan,” Moore said in a statement. “We will do everything we can every day as a TEAM to continue the legacy of championship football that has been played in Michigan for the past 144 years. Our standards will not change. We will be a smart, tough, reliable, relentless and enthusiastic championship. -Team level that loves football and plays with passion for the game, the winged helmet and each other.

“We will also continue to achieve excellence off the field, in the classroom and in our communities. I am excited to begin working in this new role with our players, coaches and staff.”

Moore was hired at Michigan before the 2018 season as tight ends coach, with coaching stops at Central Michigan and Louisville before Harbaugh hired him. He was named offensive line coach and co-offensive coordinator prior to the 2021 season, when the offensive line won the Joe Moore Award as the best in college football in consecutive seasons.

“Sherrone has proven to be a great leader for our football program, especially the offensive line and players on the offensive side of the football,” athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement. “He is a dynamic, fierce and competitive individual who brings out the best in the players he mentors. The players love playing for him and being with him in the building every day.”

Moore was a finalist for the 2023 Broyles Award as the nation’s top assistant. He will now make up his staff as head coach of the Wolverines. It’s not yet known if Harbaugh will try to bring any of Michigan’s current assistants to the NFL.