He delivered an impassioned message to prospective student-athletes at a Sound Mind Sound Body Foundation event in Detroit on Thursday, focusing on how the key to the Wolverines’ 2023 championship title was valuing “process over prize.”
“Eveybody [is] gonna have haters,” he said when discussing how to deal with outside noise as a player. “Your haters are holding their breath for you to fail. Your job is to make their a—- suffocate.”
Moore, 38, has been on Michigan’s coaching staff since 2018. He was the Wolverines’ tight ends coach from 2018-20, before becoming the offensive line coach and co-offensive coordinator from 2021-22.
Moore was then the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach in 2023, while also serving as acting head coach for four games in place of Harbaugh, who served two suspensions in the regular season. In each of Moore’s three seasons as either primary or co-offensive coordinator, Michigan finished second in the Big Ten in points per game.
The Wolverines’ first “Big Noon Saturday” game next season comes in Week 2 against the Texas Longhorns, who also appeared in last season’s College Football Playoff, on Sept. 7.
Which coaches are on the hot seat? Is Michigan poised to take a step back after winning its first national championship in nearly three decades? How will the Oregon Ducks, USC Trojans, Washington Huskies and UCLA Bruins fare against the pre-existing Big Ten teams? These are some of the topics discussed by the anonymous coaches.
With the College Football Playoff — and most conferences, for that matter — expanding, there should be a sizable number of Big Ten teams contending for the National Championship this fall.
As for Michigan, specifically, the Sherrone Moore era will begin shortly after the program reached the sport’s mountaintop.
Here are the quotes from anonymous coaches regarding Michigan:
