Michigan coach Sherrone Moore has signed a full contract just under nine months after accepting the job, the university announced in a joint statement. Moore, along with some of the team’s assistants, had been working under a memorandum of understanding since being elevated from offensive coordinator in January.
Contract details were not released as part of the announcement.
“[Moore] is a proven leader and has been a great ambassador during his seven-plus years representing Michigan,” president Santa Ono and athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement. “Our university and athletic department leadership is behind Coach Moore, his coaching staff and the great student-athletes that compete on the field and in the classroom.”
Appearing on the “Conqu’ring Heroes Podcast” earlier in September, Manuel said the two sides were still ironing out a deal but that an agreement would be “wrapped up very soon.”
“They’re being worked on as we speak,” Manuel said. “I’ve signed a couple of the assistant coaches. You know, we had a transition not only in football, we had a transition in basketball, we’re dealing with NCAA matters, we’re dealing with the situation with our apparel provider, bringing on legends as shortly as Saturday.
“These things take time, the contracts,” he continued. “I mean, they don’t just happen overnight and the things that have popped up — but they’re being worked on.”
Memorandums of understanding aren’t as ironclad as a fully fleshed out contract, though they are a legally binding document. They’re often used as a stopgap to give the university and a coach’s representatives time to hammer out a more solidified deal.
While it is certainly not the norm, high-profile coaches at big programs do often work for quite a…
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Author : Will Backus
Publish date : 2024-09-11 14:31:39
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