Louisville AD says Satterfield won’t interview with South Carolina, report says
With a buyout from his current job of $5 million, Louisville football coach Scott Satterfield was always a bit of a long shot in South Carolina’s coaching search.
Now, according to the Louisville Courier-Journal’s Tim Sullivan, Cardinals athletic director Vince Tyra has said Satterfield will not interview with the Gamecocks. Multiple outlets, including The Athletic, reported the second-year coach would interview with Gamecocks coach Ray Tanner this week.
Later in the evening, Satterfield posted a note to Twitter about pursuit of other jobs.
“While I am flattered my name was associated with another job, I have not pursued or sought out any offers,” he said via Twitter. “I am the head coach at the University of Louisville, We are building a strong foundation and culture. I love our players and the dedication they have shown to me and my staff. It’s important that we continue the development of this program. We have an outstanding recruiting class coming in December and I’m excited for the future of our football team. L’s Up!!”
Satterfield’s team is currently 3-6, but he turned around a program that hit a bad spot at the end of the Bobby Petrino era with an 8-5 record last season. Before going to Louisville, Satterfield coached at Appalachian State.
He took over for longtime coach Jerry Moore and shepherded the Mountaineers through a transition to FBS. He went 51-24 in Boone with three conference titles. He is 62-35 overall as a head coach.
He is considered a strong offensive mind, though his recruiting remains a bit of a question mark. He was set to earn $3.25 million this season before a reduction to save money during the COVID-19 pandemic.
South Carolina is in the second week of its coaching search officially after parting ways with Will Muschamp on Nov. 15. He went 28-30 in less than five years in Columbia.
Other names that have been linked to the search are Coastal Carolina head coach Jamey Chadwell, Oklahoma assistant Shane Beamer, Louisiana-Lafayette head coach Billy Napier. Coaches such as Army’s Jeff Monken and West Virginia’s Neal Brown have been mentioned in various reports.
Beamer has gained a strong backing from numerous former players despite no experience as a head coach or a coordinator.
This story was originally published November 24, 2020 at 9:51 PM.
