Michigan Wolverines head football coach Sherrone Moore was reportedly detained by police in Saline, Michigan Wednesday, hours after the university announced he was fired for engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.

The City of Saline Police Department told ESPN officers assisted in locating and detaining Moore, who was later turned over to the Pittsfield Township Police Department “for investigation into potential charges.”

Hours earlier, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel wrote in a statement that “credible evidence was found that Coach Moore engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.”

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“The conduct constitutes a clear violation of University policy, and U-M maintains zero tolerance for such behavior,” Manuel added.

Following the news of the police investigation, the University of Michigan Athletic Department told Fox News Digital it “cannot comment on personnel matters” and had “nothing to share beyond the initial statement.”

The Saline Police Department referred inquiries to the Pittsfield Township Police Department, which did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for additional information.

Francis Xavier “Biff” Poggi was named the interim head coach and will be on the sidelines when Michigan takes on Texas in the Citrus Bowl on Dec. 31. Earlier this season, Poggi took over for Moore in two games as the head coach served a suspension for his role in a sign-stealing scandal.

Moore is married to his wife, Kelli. The two wed in 2015 and have three daughters together.

Michigan Wolverines head coach Sherrone Moore leads his team onto the field against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich, Nov. 29. (IMAGN)

He took over as the team’s head coach in 2024 when Jim Harbaugh left for the Los Angeles Chargers job. The Wolverines were 8-5 in his first season and won the ReliaQuest Bowl. 

This season, the Wolverines improved to 9-3, but lost to the Ohio State Buckeyes.

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Moore has not yet commented on his dismissal.

Before he became head coach at Michigan, he was the team’s tight ends coach from 2018 to 2020 and three years as the offensive line coach from 2021-2023. He was the team’s offensive coordinator 2023 and served one game as a head coach when Harbaugh was suspended.

Michigan Wolverines head coach Sherrone Moore leaves the field following his team’s loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., Nov. 29. (IMAGN)

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He was a part of the coaching staff when the team won the national championship.

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would allow local and state law enforcement to disable drones during sporting events, which the NFL and other leagues have said are an increasing threat.

The House passed the Safer Skies Act as part of a larger defense bill by a vote of 312-112. It will now move to the Senate, which is expected to vote on it as early as next week.

The legislation comes as the U.S. prepares to host several major events, including the World Cup and the celebration of the country’s 250th birthday next summer.

“As our nation prepares to host the FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics, robust airspace security will help mitigate credible threats and keep Americans and global visitors safe as they enjoy these world-class sporting events,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune told ESPN in a statement.

Currently, only a handful of major events such as the Super Bowl and the World Cup final have federal law enforcement on-site that can disable unauthorized drones. Nearly all other major sporting events, including World Cup matches along with thousands of NFL and MLB games, do not have officials on-site with the legal authorization to quickly remove a drone threat.

This bill would allow local and state law enforcement to receive the same training as federal agents and work on-site during large-scale sporting events.

“Over the next three years, the United States will host numerous major events that necessitated the expansion of these authorities to combat the emerging drone threats,” a White House official told ESPN. “The administration is committed to ensuring these world-class international events [are] safe and secure for all participants.”

In February, the NFL, NCAA, MLB and NASCAR endorsed a previous effort to give law enforcement officials drone-mitigation powers.

“For several years, the NCAA has expressed concern for the threat that unauthorized drones pose at NCAA championships and college sporting events,” said Tim Buckley, the NCAA’s senior vice president of external affairs, in a statement to ESPN at the time.

The NFL told ESPN that it has experienced more than 2,000 drone incursions in each of the past three seasons into the temporary restricted airspace around its stadiums, which the FAA defines as below 3,000 feet and within three nautical miles of a stadium from one hour before until one hour after a game.

In January, a wild-card game between the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers was temporarily suspended when a drone flew over the bowl of M&T Bank Stadium. The NFL also paused the AFC Championship Game in January 2024 between the Ravens and the Kansas City Chiefs after a drone entered the stadium’s restricted airspace.

Drones can be disabled a number of ways, according to Michael Robbins, president and CEO of the Association of Uncrewed Vehicle Systems International, a trade association that represents the drone industry. One way is to ask the operator to land it, or law enforcement can jam a drone’s radio frequency, grab it with a net, ram it with another drone or shoot it out of the sky, Robbins said.

Michigan fired coach Sherrone Moore for cause Wednesday after a university investigation that found “credible evidence” he was engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member.

“This conduct constitutes a clear violation of University policy, and U-M maintains zero tolerance for such behavior,” athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement Wednesday.

Biff Poggi was named interim coach. Michigan is slated to play Texas in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Dec. 31.

The news ends Moore’s Michigan coaching career at 17-8, with his final game a 27-9 loss to Ohio State to conclude a 9-3 season. The 39-year-old had gone through two years of his five-year contract as the Wolverines’ head coach, and the school’s firing for cause means it isn’t planning to pay the nearly $12.3 million it would have owed him on his deal.

Moore was promoted to Michigan’s head coach in the wake of Jim Harbaugh’s departure for the NFL after Michigan’s 2023 national title.

Moore endured some off-field controversies before his firing, including a suspension in Week 3 and Week 4 of this season tied to the Connor Stalions illegal advanced scouting scheme.

Moore was set to serve an additional one-game suspension for the start of the 2026 season as well. He was also suspended for the season opener in 2023 as part of self-imposed penalties for breaking recruiting rules.

Moore was a successful offensive line coach and offensive coordinator before being promoted to head coach. He was a finalist for the Broyles Award in 2023, when he was the playcaller on Michigan’s national title team.

The firing puts Michigan in a difficult position of finding a coach in the wake of what’s been considered the most volatile coaching carousel in recent college football history. There’s already been a flurry of hires and extensions, which will complicate Michigan’s search.