Cincy tabs Satterfield to replace Fickell as coach

Louisville manager Scott Satterfield has been hired to go the adjacent shot manager astatine the University of Cincinnati, the schoolhouse announced Monday.

Terms of Satterfield's declaration were not announced, but a root told ESPN that Satterfield received a six-year deal.

The prosecute is simply a compelling 1 regionally, arsenic the schools are astir 100 miles isolated and astatine assorted times person been league rivals. The schools besides volition play each different successful the Fenway Bowl connected Dec. 17.

The hiring of Satterfield is simply a connection for Cincinnati arsenic it enters the Big 12 adjacent year. Satterfield takes implicit for Luke Fickell, the champion manager successful schoolhouse history. Fickell took the Bearcats to the College Football Playoff successful 2021 and helped elevate the programme to gain involvement from the Big 12.

Satterfield drew the involvement of Cincinnati with the occupation helium did gathering Louisville backmost up successful the aftermath of the 2-10 play erstwhile Bobby Petrino was fired. Satterfield, who led the Cardinals to 3 bowls successful the past 4 seasons, had emerged arsenic 1 of the country's blistery young coaches portion astatine Appalachian State.

Satterfield went 25-24 astatine Louisville aft a 47-16 tally successful 5 years astatine Appalachian State. One of the appeals of Satterfield's inheritance to the Cincinnati brass was that helium led the Mountaineers done their modulation from the FCS to the FBS, with the archetypal authoritative twelvemonth coming successful 2014. The Bearcats saw the accomplishment acceptable needed arsenic transferable.

"He has a calming presence," Cincinnati AD John Cunningham told ESPN. "He's been done it all. He's besides taken a schoolhouse from the FCS to the FBS, which is simply a truly pugnacious transition. There's clip with america going to the Big 12.That's important. He has that calm mode astir him during these types of moments."

With Louisville's occupation open, the speculative favourite volition beryllium erstwhile prima Cardinals backmost Jeff Brohm, who is the manager astatine Purdue and conscionable led the Boilermakers to the Big Ten rubric game.