Current, former ESPN pundits hint that potential Black coaches could be affected by Sherrone Moore's firing

Fox News correspondent Garrett Tenney has the latest on former Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore's fall from grace on 'Special Report.'

Sherrone Moore's career is certainly in jeopardy after he was hit with three charges, including a felony, following his firing from Michigan for an alleged "inappropriate relationship" with a staffer.

Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said in a statement that "credible evidence was found that Coach Moore engaged in an inappropriate relationship with a staff member." He was arraigned in court Friday on home-invasion and stalking charges, with prosecutors alleging Moore had engaged in an "intimate relationship" with the Michigan staffer for "a number of years" and that on Monday the woman broke up with him.

During Thursday's edition of ESPN's "First Take," former NFL player turned analyst Ryan Clark insinuated that Moore, the first African American head coach in Michigan's history, "failed" potential Black coaching candidates.

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Head coach Sherrone Moore of the Michigan Wolverines watches warmups before the Hoosiers game at Memorial Stadium on Nov. 9, 2024, in Bloomington, Indiana. (Getty Images)

"He failed a community of coaches who would love to follow him to get an opportunity to coach at an historically great university like a Michigan. That was the opportunity that he had and he failed at …" Clark said. 

"If you're Sherrone Moore, who was the first African American head coach at the University of Michigan, there’s also a community of coaches that would love to follow in your footsteps that will be partly judged because of your actions. He does have to own that. He does have to, at some point, acknowledge that he has to