Sherrone Moore, the Michigan Wolverines head football coach, was fired on Wednesday for having an “inappropriate relationship” with a staffer. He is in police custody amid an assault investigation stemming from an incident that took place hours after his dismissal.

Moore, 39, was arrested and booked into Washtenaw County Jail at 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10. No specific charges have been publicly listed.

Police in Pittsfield Township, which oversees the area south of Ann Arbor where the University of Michigan is located, sent officers to a location in their jurisdiction at 4:10 PM “for the purposes of investigating an alleged assault.” Officers reported taking a suspect into custody but did not reveal the person’s name.

“This incident does not appear to be random in nature, and there

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