Michigan received a draft notice of allegations from the NCAA on Sunday that included a Level II charge against head coach Sherrone Moore, according to two sources briefed on the ongoing NCAA investigation.
ESPN first reported that Moore faced potential penalties for allegedly deleting text messages he exchanged with Connor Stalions, the former staff member accused of coordinating a scheme to collect video footage of opponents’ signals. The messages were recovered and provided to the NCAA, the sources confirmed.
The draft also contains a Level I charge against Stalions, former coach Jim Harbaugh, former linebackers coach Chris Partridge and former recruiting staffer Denard Robinson, one of the sources confirmed.
Stalions resigned shortly after news of the scandal broke and has not cooperated with the investigation or spoken publicly about his role. He is set to appear in a Netflix documentary that premiers later this month. Harbaugh, now the coach of the Los Angeles Chargers, is accused of not cooperating with the investigation by not providing emails and messages from a personal device due to a disagreement over the scope of the NCAA’s request, a source involved in the process said.
Partridge was fired in November and accused of interfering with the investigation by discussing it with players. Robinson, a former star quarterback at Michigan, left the program after a drunken driving arrest in April. The draft notice also alleged minor recruiting violations involving former assistants Jesse Minter and Steve Clinkscale.
“Our athletic department and university continue to cooperate with the NCAA regarding our ongoing investigation,” a team spokesman said in a statement. “We do not have an update to share regarding its status at this time.
Michigan is already under three years of NCAA probation for a separate case involving impermissible contact with recruits during the COVID-19 dead period and other infractions. Moore served a one-game suspension in 2023 as part of a negotiated resolution to settle his portion of that case.
Michigan could face further penalties as an institution if the NCAA finds that the new allegations constitute a pattern of noncompliance. The draft notice outlines charges the NCAA intends to pursue and provides an opportunity for the parties to negotiate a resolution. A postseason ban isn’t off the table based on the allegations contained in the draft, the first source said, but it’s possible the case could be resolved with lesser penalties.
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