Headline: <%-3>Police report chronicles Michigan coach's spree<%0>
Publish Date: 05/04/1995

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan football coach Gary Moeller was so 
intoxicated after his arrest last weekend that jail officials refused 
to admit him, suggesting he be taken to a hospital to check for 
alcohol poisoning, police reports indicate.

<%-2>Moeller was arrested Friday night outside the Excalibur 
restaurant after punching an officer in the chest. Earlier, he had 
harassed a waitress, bothered other restaurant patrons and challenged 
the manager to a fight.<%0>

At Providence Hospital, Moeller screamed profanities at patients and 
officers until nurses asked police to isolate him in a room, reports 
indicate.

Officers said Moeller told them at the hospital: ``Take these 
handcuffs off,'' then threatened them.

<%-2>The university on Tuesday named athletic department aide Keith 
Molin to head its internal investigation of Moeller's conduct. 
Meanwhile, Moeller has been suspended with pay from his 
$130,000-a-year job while defensive coordinator Lloyd Carr takes over 
his duties.<%0>

Athletic director Joe Roberson said he and university president James 
Duderstadt will make a final decision after reading the report.

Moeller, 54, has been unavailable for comment. But his lawyer, David 
DuMouchel, says he regrets the incident.

``His behavior was completely out of character and is a source of 
personal embarrassment to him,'' DuMouchel said. ``The entire 
incident is regrettable.''

He said specific allegations would be addressed at Moeller's pretrial 
hearing May 12. Moeller has been charged with misdemeanor disorderly 
conduct and assault and battery.

<%-2>His wife, Ann, told police she argued with Moeller when he would 
not stop drinking, and she went to sit in their car. While she was 
there, Moeller sat at the bar and drank coffee and Grand Marnier 
until the bar cut him off.<%0>

His waitress told police: ``As I walked past his table during the 
evening, he was making comments to me, such as: `Hey, did you know 
you're beautiful?' ... He was singing very loud and (was) obnoxious 
to the customers around him.''

Moeller smashed two glasses, cutting himself, the reports said. The 
waitress removed the salt and pepper shakers and coffee cups from his 
table. A band cut its set short because of Moeller.

``He tried to dance, came up to people he was not with and tried to 
dance with them but kept almost falling down,'' a singer with the 
band told police.

Moeller reportedly used profane language, including several remarks 
about his wife.

``Some of the women commented on how upset they were to hear the 
language being used,'' the report said. ``One woman said she wanted 
to leave `before the shooting starts.'''

Customers asked to be moved away from Moeller's table. Moeller 
latched onto the sports jacket of one patron upset over his behavior. 
The manager was able to break it up before it escalated.

The manager told Moeller he would not be served any more drinks and 
tried to get him to sign his check and leave. Moeller responded by 
throwing a lamp shade at the manager's head and challenging him to a 
fight.

Escorted outside, Moeller began jabbing his finger in the chest of 
the manager as police arrived.

Holding Moeller up, police tried several times to get the coach to 
quietly go home in a cab, but Moeller refused and headed for his car.

When officer Vincent Maviglia stopped him, Moeller punched the 
officer in the chest.

Moeller spent Friday night in jail and was released the next day on a 
$200 bond.


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