Overview
- An independent Jenner & Block review says athletic department leaders, including AD Warde Manuel, received warnings about coach Sherrone Moore’s relationship with assistant Paige Shiver and cites an Aug. 29, 2024 note restricting Shiver from travel with Moore.
- The probe, which grew from a single-coach review into a departmentwide culture assessment, has cost roughly $11–12 million and investigators briefed university leaders orally while withholding a written report.
- Moore was fired for cause on Dec. 10, 2025 after the relationship surfaced, later pleaded no contest to misdemeanor counts and was sentenced to 18 months of probation.
- Shiver has filed a lawsuit under Michigan public-records law seeking the investigator materials, and newly released invoices show about $200,000 in additional Jenner & Block charges while the university cites attorney-client privilege to withhold documents.
- Warde Manuel’s future is uncertain as the university reportedly holds buyout talks and the Board of Regents met on Thursday, July 16 without publicly discussing the investigation or his employment.