Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore has been fired.

Michigan announced the firing, effective immediately, with a statement late Wednesday afternoon shortly after initial reports emerged.

"U-M head football coach Sherrone Moore has been terminated, with cause, effective immediately," Manuel said in a statement. "Following a University investigation, credible evidence was found that Coach Moore 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."

At this time, there are no public details about the inappropriate relationship Moore was involved in that Michigan fired him for.

Biff Poggi has been appointed head football coach in an interim capacity, effective

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