Sherrone Moore is in his first full season as the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines football team, but he still hasn't officially signed his contract.

Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel confirmed as much to Dan Morrison of On 3 on Thursday and said the two sides are "working through it" even as Moore coaches.

"They just don't happen overnight, and there are things that have popped up," Manuel said. "But they're being worked on. Sherrone knows our commitment to him; we know his commitment to us, and same thing with the assistant coaches."

Morrison explained that Moore signed a memorandum of understanding for five years and $30 million when Michigan hired him in January 2024. It is something the Wolverines have used before, as former head coach Jim Harbaugh signed one in 2021 before officially signing a new contract nine months later.

Harbaugh left this past offseason to become the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers, and Moore was a natural replacement seeing how he was the offensive coordinator and filled in as interim head coach when Harbaugh was suspended last season.

While Michigan has used a memorandum of understanding in the past, it is still going to turn some heads that Moore hasn't officially signed a contract while the program is under NCAA investigation.

Dan Wetzel and Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports reported last month the NCAA delivered a notice of allegations to the Wolverines regarding the sign-stealing scandal that revolved around former staff member Connor Stalions.

Such an update came after ESPN's Dan Murphy and Pete Thamel reported they obtained a draft of the NCAA's notice of allegations on Aug. 4.

Murphy and Thamel reported Moore is facing allegations of Level 2 violations and a possible show-cause penalty or suspension because he allegedly deleted 52 text messages with Stalions.

Stalions has since resigned but only after he allegedly led efforts to illegally scout and obtain the signs of at least 13 future opponents on 58 different occasions from 2021 to 2023. That was a three-year period that saw Michigan go 40-3 overall and 3-0 against Ohio State while reaching the College Football Playoff three times.

It was a stark contrast to when the Wolverines were 49-22 overall, 0-5 against the Buckeyes and failed to reach the CFP under Harbaugh before the alleged scheme started.

As for Moore, Nicole Auerbach of NBC Sports reported he could be considered a repeat violator by the NCAA as it continues to investigate because he was also with the program for its COVID-era recruiting violations.