Scott Satterfield
Scott Satterfield went 95–72 as a head coach, 2013–2026, at Appalachian State, Louisville and Cincinnati. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 4–1); by them his record is 95–71. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2013 at Appalachian State. It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 95–72 career
- Seasons
- 14
- Schools
- 3
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Dec 21, 1972
- Alma mater
- App State 1996
- Best season
- 2015 11–2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Appalachian State * | 4–8 | T–4th | |||
| 2014 | App State | 7–5 | 3rd | |||
| 2015 | App State | 11–2 | 2nd | Camellia Bowl W | ||
| 2016 | App State | 10–3 | T–1st | Camellia Bowl W | ||
| 2017 | App State | 9–4 | T–1st | Dollar General Bowl W | ||
| 2018 | App State | 10–2 | T–1st (East) | New Orleans (not coached) | ||
| 2019 | Louisville | 8–5 | 2nd (Atlantic) | Music City Bowl W | ||
| 2020 | Louisville | 4–7 | 12th | |||
| 2021 | Louisville | 6–7 | T–4th (Atlantic) | First Responder Bowl L | ||
| 2022 | Louisville | 7–5 | T–3rd (Atlantic) | Fenway (not coached) | ||
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 3–9 | 14th | |||
| 2024 | Cincinnati | 5–7 | T–11th | |||
| 2025 | Cincinnati | 7–6 | T–7th | Liberty Bowl L | ||
| 2026 | Cincinnati | 4–2 (Wikipedia: 4–1) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 19 | 3–16 | 16% |
| Against top-10 teams | 6 | 1–5 | 17% |
| Against rivals | 24 | 11–13 | 46% |
| Conference games | 104 | 60–44 | 58% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 6 | 4–2 | 67% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 51 | 22–29 | 43% |
| At home | 79 | 55–24 | 70% |
| On the road | 67 | 31–36 | 46% |
| At neutral sites | 9 | 5–4 | 56% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 87 | 64–23 | 74% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 68 | 27–41 | 40% |
His own 155 games on file, 2014–2026, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Clawson 2017–2022 | 3–2 | Wake Forest | 5 | |
| Neal Brown 2015–2024 | 2–3 | Troy, West Virginia | 5 | |
| Mark Hudspeth 2014–2017 | 4–0 | Louisiana | 4 | |
| Paul Petrino 2014–2017 | 4–0 | Idaho | 4 | |
| Dino Babers 2019–2022 | 3–1 | Syracuse | 4 | |
| Gus Malzahn 2021–2024 | 3–1 | UCF | 4 | |
| Pat Narduzzi 2020–2024 | 2–2 | Pittsburgh | 4 | |
| Dabo Swinney 2015–2022 | 0–4 | Clemson | 4 | |
| Trent Miles 2014–2016 | 3–0 | Georgia State | 3 | |
| Everett Withers 2016–2018 | 3–0 | Texas State | 3 |
Scott Satterfield’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Louisianaseries | 6 | 6–0 |
| Georgia Stateseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| UCFseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Boston Collegeseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Wake Forestseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Georgia Southernseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| Idahoseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Syracuseseries | 4 | 3–1 |
How he was hired
- Hired by Louisville for the 2019 season from App State, where he was head coach.
- Hired by Cincinnati for the 2023 season from App State, where he was head coach.
Power-conference head-coaching hires since 2010, with each coach’s previous job and ties to the school as collected by hand from Wikipedia: Hiring facts: M. Schuckers, cfb_coach_analytics.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Appalachian State | Wide receivers coach | |
| 1999–2002 | Appalachian State | Running backs coach | |
| 2003–08 | Appalachian State | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2009 | Toledo | Passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2010–11 | FIU | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2012 | Appalachian State | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2013–18 | Appalachian State | Head coach | |
| 2019–22 | Louisville | Head coach | |
| 2023–present | Cincinnati | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Jerry MooreApp State
- Tim BeckmanToledo
- Mario CristobalFlorida International
Assistants who became head coaches
- Greg GasparatoTroy
- Mark IveyApp State
- Nate Woody[[Appalachian State Mountaineers football
- Shawn ClarkApp State
- Gunter BrewerNortheast Mississippi
- Jack Bicknell Jr.Louisiana Tech
- Lance TaylorWestern Michigan
- Kerry CoombsCincinnati
- Tyson VeidtBluffton
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Moore | App State | 1998–2012 | 1998: wide receivers coach; 1999–2002: running backs coach; 2003–08: quarterbacks coach; 2012: assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Tim Beckman | Toledo | 2009 | Passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Mario Cristobal | Florida International | 2010–11 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (9)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Gasparato | App State, 2013–14: defensive graduate assistant and linebackers coach; 2018: safeties coach; Louisville, 2021: safeties coach; 2022: outside linebackers coach | Troy | |
| Mark Ivey | App State, 2013: special teams and outside linebackers coach; 2014–17: defensive line coach; 2018: assistant head coach and defensive line coach; Louisville, 2019–22: defensive line coach | App State | |
| Nate Woody | App State, 2014–17: defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach; Cincinnati, 2026: defensive coordinator | [[Appalachian State Mountaineers football | |
| Shawn Clark | App State, 2016–18: co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | App State | |
| Gunter Brewer | Louisville, 2019–21: wide receivers coach | Northeast Mississippi | |
| Jack Bicknell Jr. | Louisville, 2021: offensive line coach | Louisiana Tech | |
| Lance Taylor | Louisville, 2022: offensive coordinator | Western Michigan | |
| Kerry Coombs | Cincinnati, 2023–24: special teams coordinator and cornerbacks coach | Cincinnati | |
| Tyson Veidt | Cincinnati, 2024–25: defensive coordinator | Bluffton |
Other assistants under him (13)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Bryan Brown | App State, 2013–17: cornerbacks coach; 2018: defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach; Louisville, 2019–20: defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach; 2021–22: assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach; Cincinnati, 2023: assistant head coach and defensive coordinator | |
| Dale Jones | App State, 2013: defensive line coach; 2014–18: linebackers coach; Louisville, 2019: linebackers coach | |
| Dwayne Ledford | App State, 2013–15: co-offensive coordinator and offensive line coach; Louisville, 2019–20: offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Frank Ponce | App State, 2013–18: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; Louisville, 2019–20: quarterbacks coach | |
| D. J. Smith | App State, 2017: senior defensive analyst; 2018: outside linebackers coach | |
| Pete Thomas | App State, 2017: graduate assistant; 2018: quality control coach; Louisville, 2019–20: quality control coach; 2021–22: quarterbacks coach; Cincinnati, 2023–25: quarterbacks coach; 2026: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Derek Nicholson | Louisville, 2020–22: inside linebackers coach | |
| Cort Dennison | Louisville, 2021: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Wesley McGriff | Louisville, 2022: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Brad Glenn | Cincinnati, 2023–25: offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach | |
| Nate Fuqua | Cincinnati, 2023–24: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Cortney Braswell | Cincinnati, 2025–26: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Nic Cardwell | Cincinnati, 2026: co-offensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | App State | head coachbonuses up to $270,000; $155,000 in bonuses paid; buyout $1,735,417 | $675,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | App State | head coachbonuses up to $290,000; $30,000 in bonuses paid | $525,000 USA Today | |
| 2015 | App State | head coachbonuses up to $165,000; $27,500 in bonuses paid | $375,000 USA Today | |
| 2014 | App State | head coachbonuses up to $25,000 | $225,000 USA Today |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Satterfield’s teams went for it on 29% of fourth downs and on 50% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 45% of plays and took 26.2 seconds a play, 2019–2026.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 13 g | Louisville | 22 of 92 24% | 47% | 39% | 27.4 | +0.13 | |
| 2020 11 g | Louisville | 24 of 74 32% | 57% | 47% | 27.6 | +0.12 | |
| 2021 13 g | Louisville | 26 of 95 27% | 46% | 44% | 26.7 | +0.16 | |
| 2022 13 g | Louisville | 30 of 105 29% | 49% | 45% | 25.3 | 0.00 | |
| 2023 12 g | Cincinnati | 31 of 95 33% | 49% | 44% | 25.8 | +0.07 | |
| 2024 12 g | Cincinnati | 20 of 81 25% | 50% | 51% | 26.9 | +0.05 | |
| 2025 13 g | Cincinnati | 24 of 82 29% | 55% | 49% | 24.0 | +0.22 | |
| 2026 6 g | Cincinnati | 12 of 38 32% | 53% | 44% | 26.5 | +0.24 | |
| All 93 g | 189 of 662 29% | 50% | 45% | 26.2 | +0.12 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.