India, Dec. 11 -- Michigan University on Wednesday announced that they have fired Sherrone Moore, the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines - the school's football team.

The firing, which came as a sudden development, happened over Moore's "inappropriate relationship with a staff member," the university said in a statement.

"U-M head football coach Sherrone Moore has been terminated, with cause, effective immediately," a statement from Warde Manuel, U-M's Athletic Director, read. The university alleged that "credible evidence was found that Coach Moore engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member." With Moore gone, Biff Poggi will take over as interim HC.

Amid the controversial relationship, the nature of which has not ...