His Mistress Dumped Him, Then Michigan Fired Him, Then He Went To Jail

Summary

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Episode Summary

Podcast: Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes Present

Episode Title: His Mistress Dumped Him, Then Michigan Fired Him, Then He Went To Jail
Date: December 13, 2025
Hosts: Amy Robach & T.J. Holmes

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Overview

In this episode, Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes dissect the shocking and rapid downfall of Sharon Moore, the now-former University of Michigan head football coach. During the week, Moore was dumped by his mistress—a Michigan staffer—then fired, and shortly afterward arrested on charges stemming from a personal breakdown. The hosts explore not just the incident itself, but the human and systemic consequences for Moore, his family, the university, and the broader college football culture.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. The Timeline and Nature of the Scandal

• Rapid Downfall:
  • Sharon Moore, aged 39, goes from "everything ahead of him"—a $6 million/year job, young family, and professional prestige—to "losing everything" in a matter of hours ([03:28], Amy Robach).
• Sequence of Events:
  • Monday: Mistress (a Michigan staffer) ends years-long affair.
  • Wednesday: She presents evidence to the university; Moore is fired after a quick investigation (within an hour), then arrested ([06:32], TJ Holmes).
  • Moore’s firing came before his arrest, which is unusual ([06:39], Amy Robach).

2. The Aftermath: Home Invasion and Arrest

• Incident Details:
  • Moore reportedly barged through an unlocked door at his ex-mistress’s home, shouted, and grabbed "butter knives and scissors," threatening to kill himself—not her ([09:41], Amy Robach).
  • Prosecutors allege harassing, stalking, and threatening behavior via texts and repeated unwanted attempts to contact her ([07:26], Amy Robach).
• Key Quote:
  • "I'm going to kill myself. I'm going to make you watch. My blood is on your hands. You ruined my life." ([10:32], relayed by Amy Robach from police transcript).

3. The Personal Cost and Human Toll

• Moore’s Family:
  • He’s married with three young daughters (ages: approx. 6, 3, and a newborn). His wife called police out of concern for his safety after his firing ([14:31], Amy Robach).
  • The hosts express empathy for the family: "Some of the biggest victims—a baby who has no idea right now what's going on with her daddy" ([23:15], TJ Holmes).

4. Implications for the University and College Football

• Michigan’s Position:
  • Michigan (9-3 this season, playing Texas in a bowl game) lost a promising and well-liked coach just as the program was ascending ([05:18], TJ Holmes).
  • The hosts underscore the magnitude: "Universities are made or broken by their athletics department...and specifically their football departments" ([05:36], Amy Robach).
• Immediate Response:
  • Moore charged with felony home invasion, stalking, and breaking and entering; released on a $25,000 bond, with ankle monitor and strict no-contact orders ([14:03], TJ Holmes).

5. Broader Culture & Accountability

• University's Investigation:
  • Michigan is launching an investigation with an outside law firm not just into this incident but the entire athletic department’s culture. Acknowledgment of prior incidents, including NCAA violations and on-court violence ([23:27], TJ Holmes).
  • Robach praises this move: "We need to reevaluate everything about our athletics department. That should be applauded" ([24:46], Amy Robach).

6. Money, Scandal, and Consequences

• Financial Fallout:
  • Fired for cause, Moore gets no payout—at least $12 million in lost income, plus "never working again" in the near future ([25:49], Amy Robach).
  • Comparison to other schools: Texas A&M paid $75 million to dismiss their coach; Michigan loses a "winning coach ...building their program" due to the scandal ([26:28], TJ Holmes).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the Swiftness and Severity:

  • "All this happened within an hour. He found out he was fired and he was under arrest in an hour."
    — TJ Holmes [06:51]

• On the Human Breakdown:

  • "He had a break of some kind...this was somebody spiraling."
    — TJ Holmes [04:06], [10:49]

• On Professional Consequences:

  • "He was set for life...to be a successful coach at Michigan for a couple of years. This has happened."
    — TJ Holmes [06:08]

• Of the Mistress’ Decision:

  • "She must have felt like it was her only option... She knows she's ruining an entire man's life, an entire football program."
    — Amy Robach [12:01]

• On the University’s Investigation:

  • "They're saying we need to reevaluate everything about our athletics department. And I think that is the right thing to do."
    — Amy Robach [24:46]

• On College Football’s Business:

  • "Who gives a shit? They put how many in the big house? 100 and how many thousand? This is the most valuable brand in all of college sports. Winning is paramount."
    — TJ Holmes [25:29]

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Timestamps for Major Segments

• The scandal erupts & firing/arrest timeline: [02:49] – [06:51]
• Details of the affair, breakup, and evidence: [07:26] – [09:13]
• Home invasion and breakdown at ex-mistress’s house: [09:25] – [10:49]
• The aftermath, legal situation, and family impact: [14:03] – [15:41], [22:13] – [23:27]
• University and NCAA culture concerns: [23:27] – [25:12]
• Financial repercussions & college football business reality: [25:12] – [26:52]

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Conclusion

Robach and Holmes offer deep empathy for the human cost of the scandal, while also critiquing the culture that allowed it. They stress the ripple effects on families, athletes, and the university itself. The incident raises important questions about leadership, mental health, accountability, and the high-stakes world of college athletics.

For listeners, the episode delivers both a gripping narrative and a poignant look at consequence—in sports and beyond.

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Transcript

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[TJ Holmes]

Hey there folks. It is Saturday, December 13, and what a shocking downfall for the former head coach of the University of Michigan football team. And we've gotten more details and found out that all of this stems from his mistress breaking up with him. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy And TJ Robes. This is a shocking story in a lot of ways because of the job he had. Even more shocking with some of the details we heard about in court yesterday. But ropes, this does all stem from a relationship he had and she broke up with him.

[Amy Robach]

That was probably the most bizarre part of the whole thing. To have this 39 year old man, head coach, University of Michigan, on his way up, making $6 million a year, young, young wife, young three young girls, everything ahead of him. Why, why would he throw it all away? And yes, he lost his job because of this relationship, because for whatever reason she came forward. But then he lost his freedom. I mean, he was jailed because he decided to go back over to her place and literally have a breakdown.

[TJ Holmes]

Something's not right with Sharon Moore right now. Look, you can, everybody can speculate about what and why, but he had a break of some kind and he doesn't. And we're not just saying that or we're the ones that feel that they checked him out after this incident and took him for a mental evaluation afterwards. But folks, if you don't know this story by now, the University of Michigan lost its football coach. When I say lost. These are some of the biggest jobs robes in all of college athletics. When you get a guy, they do everything in their power to hold on to their guy. For them to have to fire him, they had no choice by what they.

[Amy Robach]

Saw, yes, the University of Michigan athletics department is everything and the football department is everything. They won the national championship just what, two years ago?

[TJ Holmes]

Two years ago he was an assistant on that team. Jim Harbaugh leaves to go professional. And people were so excited that Michigan kept this guy. He wasn't some big known commodity necessarily some national name, but a lot. They liked him there and the players liked him there. And to see Michigan give this guy a shot and then he was successful. It was a great story.

[Amy Robach]

What were they, what are they ranked this year?

[TJ Holmes]

9 and 3. Playing Texas in a bowl game at the end of the year. I mean, this is Michigan versus Texas in a bowl game. Now this is going to be the thing even, you know what, Michigan, Texas, even if you don't watch college football. Michigan, Texas, that's what Michigan is. And this is happening to that program right now.

[Amy Robach]

And yes, and we have always talked about our love of college football. We're huge college football fans. But there is such huge money, huge money. I mean, universities are made or broken by their athletics department and specifically their football departments and the fan base and just the feeling of cheering for your University. It's everything to these institutions and to lose the leader that was, as you pointed out, successful. And I couldn't believe how young he was. I, I still, I was shocked when I saw he was 39 years old.

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[TJ Holmes]

On his way set for life really at this point to be a successful coach at Michigan for a couple of years. Even if you have now a couple of terrible years. There's plenty of cult colleges that go, wow, he was successful there. We'll take him, we'll. He was set for life in terms of coaching and this has happened. But it does all break down to what we found out yesterday. And again the order.

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[TJ Holmes]

It was fired, then arrested. Right. He. He wasn't fired because he got arrested for an incident. No, no, no.

[Amy Robach]

That's funny because you're right. I didn't even think about it. It does usually work in the other direction. You get arrested for something where you work, finds out and they fire you because of it. Net this was the opposite. You are right.

[TJ Holmes]

And all this happened within an hour. They say he found out he was fired and he was under arrest in an hour. So this goes back now. What we find out Robes is this all kind of started on Monday for him. On Monday, according to the prosecutor he was in. Sharon Moore was in court yesterday, made his first court appearance. But roses goes back to Monday and they say this was a years long relationship that he had with this woman who was a staffer at the University of Michigan. Years long. We don't know why, but for whatever reason on Monday she broke it off.

[Amy Robach]

Yes. And that is fine. I think that would have been potentially a fireable offense. But we don't know what she came to the university with. But we were told that she came with evidence of something. But she said that he started calling her and texting her repeatedly and unwantingly. She didn't want any more contact with him. And he basically she broke up with him and he was like, I don't know, I'm guessing, please take me back. And just barraging her and harassing her. And she even said stalking her.

[TJ Holmes]

Again. Was that the thing? And you tell me if you've seen or heard or read something differently. What she came forward with was evidence of their relationship. It or was it evidence of some bad behavior or something he had done?

[Amy Robach]

I think my understanding, the way I took it, it was both. So she admitted to the relationship because she had to, which obviously is inappropriate because she's a staffer and he is the head Coach of Michigan football. But that could have started maybe when they were on more even keel. We don't know what her role is at the university at all and where they started out, how they started out in their relationship. But no, it seemed to me when they say she brought evidence, I. I'm thinking that he started harassing her with texts and, you know, for whatever reason, and she brought all of that to the university and said, look at what he's doing. And yes, we had a relationship and yes, I broke it off and look how he's reacting. This isn't appropriate behavior for someone in his position.

[TJ Holmes]

So she broke it off on Monday. As we move forward on the storyline or the timeline, on Wednesday. Wednesday is the day he is now confronted by the University of Michigan. They say they fired him immediately. They say when they were presented with what they saw, Quick investigation, same day.

[Amy Robach]

Well, that's why I think that the text messages must have been threatening in some way, because for them to make that decision so quickly, it had to be something pretty severe.

[TJ Holmes]

So here he is.

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He gets fired.

[TJ Holmes]

We were told it happened one on one. He gets fired. Now, according to prosecutors, he makes his way over to the home of his former lover now and lets himself in, if you will. But they say he did go in uninvited. What's the word?

[Amy Robach]

They barged through an unlocked door, so he didn't have to break in. But he barged through an unlocked door and apparently started yelling at her and grabbed butter knives and scissors and held, I believe, the scissors up to his neck.

[TJ Holmes]

They were specific about the detail of two butter knives and scissors.

[Amy Robach]

Right. Butter knives aren't exactly sharp, so I don't really understand that. Didn't seem very menacing. If they said steak knives, if they said serrated knives, if they said a bread knife, all of that, I might be like, oof. But no butter knives. Fine. And scissors. And they say he threatened to kill himself.

[TJ Holmes]

Didn't threaten her? No. I didn't know how this ends because this was an alleged assault. When we first heard about. They were responding to a possible assault when police got the call. So it was a possibility. But nothing the prosecutor said suggested he threatened her.

[Amy Robach]

That's true. He did not threaten to kill her. But he said they actually had his words. I guess she relayed them to police immediately. But she said that Sharon said, I'm going to kill myself. I'm going to make you watch. My blood is on your hands. You ruined my life.

[TJ Holmes]

Now, when you read that, he had to be spiraling. I mean, look, affair, one thing awful enough. Wife, three kids, but don't know that relationship. Don't know what was going on at home, don't know what his wife knew and don't know what was going on with this other woman. They said years long. I. That's at least two. Could have been three plus.

[Amy Robach]

And how long has he been head coach?

[TJ Holmes]

Only two years. But he. He was at the university for years prior, so this could have been. Who knows?

[Amy Robach]

Yeah. Could be five years. We don't know.

[TJ Holmes]

So. So yes, that. That happens. That's one thing. But Robes, my goodness. You. Like you said he was. He's 39 now, but still he was 36, 37, getting this job, man. Right. And so to. For him, he's successful. He knows it. And this woman that he apparently has trusted with a lot of his life, if she was keeping this secret and was involved with him for years, this is somebody he, I would assume, very, very close to. Yes.

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[TJ Holmes]

And she just turned on him in his mind and has cost him the best job anybody who gets into college coaching could ever imagine.

[Amy Robach]

He must have been texting her some pretty heinous, threatening, scary. That's the only place my mind goes. She must have felt like it was her only option, because you're right. Even if you're angry at someone, even if you're hurt by someone. And she's the one who broke up with him. So that's the only thing that I'm trying to quite get my head around. But maybe it was because he started acting in a way she didn't like. Maybe it was because she felt like. Or maybe he wouldn't leave his wife. It could be a million different reasons why she broke up with him, but it seems to me that his behavior must have felt threatening to her enough where she. And she had to know what she was doing when she took this to. Yeah. When she took this to university. This wasn't just about her protecting herself. She knows she's ruining an entire. Entire man's life, an entire football program's energy. Like she's. She's taking the wind out of their sails. She's creating an national scandal for the University of Michigan. So she had to have known all of those things when she walked in. And she had to have known that she was going to be the person at the epicenter. And that is a huge. I mean, I. We don't have her name right now, but I'm sure plenty of people know. Exactly. In fact, I think I heard today that someone said this was the worst kept secret at the University of Michigan. Everybody knew this relationship was going on. So I can't imagine now what her life is like. And she walked right into that. And you know, she had to, I, I just would think she had to have thought that through before she went to authorities.

[TJ Holmes]

Meaning it had to have risen to a really high and serious level of something for her to do this, which she had every right to do. We're not doing that.

[Amy Robach]

And for the University of Michigan to have reacted as swiftly as they did.

[TJ Holmes]

Yeah, I mean, I don't know if we will ever get those details. You know what, we probably will at some point. But what was the dynamic between him and this woman for her to. To think she had no other choice but to blow up the Michigan football program.

[Amy Robach]

Exactly.

[TJ Holmes]

Then it had to be. It had to be serious. The charges now he's facing, one of.

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[TJ Holmes]

Home invasion. That is a felony. Two other charges, stalking and breaking and entering. He has been released now $25,000 bond. He is required to wear an ankle monitor, I do believe. And instructed clearly to stay away from who they're calling the victim. He stalked somebody. He's got charges here. There is a victim in this case, so he's been ordered to stay away from her. Where does he go? What does he do? I didn't get the ages on the daughters, but they had.

[Amy Robach]

I just heard, I read that he has three young daughters and he. Look, if he's 39 years old, that makes sense. Three young daughters. And his wife also was a part of all of this. In these hours, she called police. She was worried about her husband's safety. That she told them, my husband is suicidal for losing his job today. So she was worried about him. And hopefully they can. Well, they're going to have some time together to see how they go forward after all of this. I mean, I can't even imagine what that journey's like. So he's got a personal catastrophe happening right now of his making and a professional catastrophe because it's not just about losing this job. It's about never working again. And that is what these charges will do to anybody.

[TJ Holmes]

This is years and years and years and years before anybody would ever dare trust him with their football program. Like he could do whatever rehabilitation. And quite frankly, what, what are we talking about? These charges come with potential jail time. I think it's up to five years to have it right. So, yes, we folks, this is not just gonna go away scandal wise. He has some legal issues now. He's going to have to deal with probes to let him touch a program in charge of young men, in charge of leading 18, 19 year olds.

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[TJ Holmes]

That's just. It's over. It's over for the foreseeable future, I should say. But folks, we're talking about the football program. But this is far from the only issue in the Michigan athletic department. Stay here.

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[TJ Holmes]

All right, folks, we continue on this Saturday with a story that is really just a shocking scandal, a shocking sports. You know, I was about to say shocking sports scandal. It's a shocking scandal having to do with somebody involved in sports. But this is not an issue here of he's being accused of doing something wrong on the field or anything having to actually do with the field of play. This is about allegations of head football coach behaving badly.

[Amy Robach]

I know, and I was looking at the charges because you made a good point earlier before the break that this was not someone who was looking to harm. At least it doesn't appear that he was looking to harm his ex lover. He was incredibly upset and wanting to harm himself. That's how desperate, I mean, when you lose everything, I mean everything, including your reputation, which is almost impossible to regain, what do you have to live for? That's what was going through his mind. So my heart, like regardless of what he did, I'm not, I am not condoning any of his behavior, but I feel for him from a human standpoint that he got that desperate. And then to think that he got charged with home invasion, stalking, breaking and entering. Now the stalking, I don't know, that might have to do. That's why I was thinking the texts that she brought to the university might have something to do with that because just because he rushed into her home and threatened to kill himself, that, that, that's not stalking. So I'm thinking all of those, whatever she showed the university, that's where those charges came from. And we don't know what he was doing. But the home invasion and breaking and entering seems a little, a little harsh. But I don't know, I wasn't there.

[TJ Holmes]

I mean, the prosecutor explained or she was trying to explain that he, his behavior was threatening.

[Amy Robach]

Yeah.

[TJ Holmes]

That this woman did she Used the word terrorized maybe, but yeah, she. She described it, the prosecutor did, as a very scary, intimidating, threatening manner in which he behaved. So, I mean, you have to take that.

[Amy Robach]

Consequences for behaving like that.

[TJ Holmes]

Yeah, yeah. But my God, I don't know what help. I mean, he went for the mental evaluation, but he came back, I think. I can't. Don't know the technical term, but he essentially checked out okay. From the mental evaluation standpoint. He's supposed to be back in court, I think in January is the next thing that's planned for him. But what the university is going to do now is investigate. They have now. Go ahead.

[Amy Robach]

Oh, no, I was gonna. He has a. He has a electronic monitor. Correct. So he has to. He's basically on house arrest until January. Correct.

[TJ Holmes]

Is that. Well, he's not supposed. Man, what permission he can get. He's limited in where he can go and why does he want to go anywhere and do anything? Is he. He has to lay low. He has to be at home. What is going on with those kids? They. Are they still going to school and just that.

[Amy Robach]

Oh, man, I hadn't even thought about. I just got their ages, actually. Shiloh was born in 2019, so she's around 5 or 6. So, yeah, she would be in kindergarten probably or first grade. Soleil was born in 2022, so she's around 2 or 3. And then Sadie. Oh, what cute little names. She was born this year, so she's less than a year old. He has babies. Babies at home. I feel for his wife, the middle one.

[TJ Holmes]

How old are you?

[Amy Robach]

She between two and three. Just babies that they basically have a, you know, a kindergartner, a toddler and an infant. That's what they have. I mean, they are juggling a lot. And I just. I do feel for that family.

[TJ Holmes]

Yes. And to your point, again, kind of to keep pointing out this is a mess that appears right now of his own making. But from a human standpoint, you. You can't help but think about. We say it all the time. We talk about a victim. That was the prosecutor talking about the victim in this case.

[Amy Robach]

Yes.

[TJ Holmes]

And we always. His family.

[Amy Robach]

His family.

[TJ Holmes]

Some of the biggest victims. A baby who has no idea right now what's going on with her daddy. A toddler who probably doesn't either, necessarily. The older one is getting a sense that first grader.

[Amy Robach]

Yes, she might have a.

[TJ Holmes]

But those are babies that you. To your point, that whole family, everybody has been victimized here. But ropes. The University of Michigan is now bringing on an independent law firm to do an investigation, not just of this incident, not just of this, what's happening with Sharon Moore, but of the entire athletic department, which for years, NCAA violations, firing of coaches, ugly incidents. The basketball coach, Jaron Howard, remember, he slapped an assistant coach during a game. They've got hit with all kinds of NCAA violations. They've had all this stuff. And now there's a question of. Wait a minute. This is just in line with a possible culture in our athletic department. And they got to look into this.

[Amy Robach]

Yeah, CNN did a whole article on it today about enlisted.

[TJ Holmes]

All.

[Amy Robach]

Everything you just mentioned listed every single violation. And you know what? I have to give the University of Michigan credit for them to say, hey, yes, this is a problem with the latest with Sharon, with our head coach. But is this indicative of the culture that we have created and fostered? And we need to find out. And I think that was pretty cool. They weren't quick to say this was an isolated incident. All of these things collectively might look.

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Because individually, we all know why this happened. No, they're saying we need to reevaluate everything about our athletics department. And I think that is the right thing to do. And that is. I think that should be applauded.

[TJ Holmes]

Yes, it is the right thing. I don't necessarily want to give too much credit.

[Amy Robach]

They have to. We need people to still consider this university, the elite institution we think it is to get the enrollment up, to get the athletics department where we want it to be.

[TJ Holmes]

But where do you want it to be? You want it to be a winning athletic department. Right. Because the coach they had that won them that national championship, Harbaugh, I think he was suspended the very year of.

[Amy Robach]

His championship, twice during that year.

[TJ Holmes]

Okay? So I know, folks, we could talk.

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[TJ Holmes]

The program, but who gives a shit? They put how many in the big house? 100. And how many thousand can get in that place? This is the most valuable brand in all of college sports, almost the football program. So, yes, you got to investigate now. But winning is paramount. And we know this.

[Amy Robach]

Yeah, I was actually surprised. It shows just how much money these coaches are making. Six million a year. And he was. And he lost all that, by the way. Because, look, we see coaches going out and they get golden parachutes. They have to pay them out their contract. We've actually done plenty of stories on that. But when you get fired for cause, which he did, not a dime, you don't get a penny of what's left. On your contract. So he just lost. Think about that. This incident, this relationship and how he reacted as it was ending cost him at least $12 million and never working again.

[TJ Holmes]

Yeah, there you go. Untold millions in the future. And you.

[Movie Trailer Voice 2]

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[TJ Holmes]

Robes you. If folks want to know how important athletic departments are in particular football programs, look that Texas A and M was willing to pay $75 million just to get rid of a guy. Penn State was willing to pay 55 million just to fire their coach.

[Amy Robach]

And here the University of Michigan had a winning coach who was building their program and taking it in the direction they wanted it to go.

[TJ Holmes]

Yes. Which is winning. While the athletic department was going in a direction some say shouldn't be going. But folks, yeah, they what they play end of this year, Texas, Michigan in a bowl game. But hearts go out to that family, Sharon Moore into that community. We know it's a tight knit one and a big one, the Michigan community. Well folks, as always, appreciate you spending some time with us. For my dear Amy Robach, I am TJ Holmes and we will talk to y' all soon.

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[Amy Robach]

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