Head coach · Louisville 2019–22
Scott Satterfield
25–24at Louisville
Career 87–62 (58.4%) at 3 programs, 2014–2026
Born December 21, 1972 · App State '96 · Now at Cincinnati
Among Louisville's full-time coaches: Win rate 6th/13 · Ranked wins 4th/13 · Bowl wins 5th/13 · Weeks ranked 8th/13 · NFL picks a year 6th/13 · Average SP+ 6th/12
Every Stop
Satterfield's head-coaching career, program by program. Louisville against everywhere else; SRS shows the team Satterfield inherited against the one left behind.
| Program | Years | Record | Win % | Conf | Bowls | Wks ranked | Peak | Avg SP+ | SRS in → out | NFL picks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 App StateSun Belt | 2014–18 | 47–16 | 74.6% | 27–5 | 3–0 | 1 | #25 | +4.9 | — → +10.7 | 2 |
 LouisvilleACC | 2019–22 | 25–24 | 51.0% | 16–18 | 1–1 | 2 | #18 | +5.9 | −15.4 → +10.6 | 6 (1 1st) |
 CincinnatiBig 12 | 2023– | 15–22 | 40.5% | 9–18 | 0–1 | 5 | #17 | +1.7 | +5.7 → +2.9 | 6 |
Share of games won. The dashed line is .500. Tap a season for its numbers.
What the Numbers Say
Measured from every Louisville game Satterfield coached, plus CFBD's ratings, polls, recruiting, and draft data. Red marks a strength, steel a weakness.
25–24 at Louisville; 62–38 at App State, Cincinnati.
2019 against the team inherited: +9.3 SP+, +15.5 SRS.
Louisville went 2–10 the year before Satterfield arrived (2018); 2022 finished 8–5.
Opponents ranked at kickoff; 2 wins in 9 tries. Best: #10 Wake Forest, 48–21 (2022).
The next game after beating a ranked opponent. Lost to Clemson (2019).
38% in games decided by 8 points or fewer.
1 loss as a 7+ point favorite.
Won 30% of the games the line said to lose.
8–8 in regular-season games from November on; 16–15 before.
Covered 53% of lined games.
Average recruiting class rank against average SP+ finish, 3 Louisville seasons.
1 in the first round, in the drafts after 3 Louisville seasons (1.0 a year).
Peaked at #18. Never ranked at season's end.
Against Kentucky, 3 meetings.
Situational Record
The Louisville record cut every way the data allows. Ranks are the poll at kickoff; favorites come from the betting line, which starts in 2013.
Where
Who
When
Expectations
The next week
The Week After
Every win over a ranked team, and the game that came next: 1–1 in the follow-up.
Best Wins, Worst Losses
Best wins lead with ranked opponents, then bowls. Worst losses are the upsets: losing as the betting favorite (2013 on), as a ranked team to an unranked one, or to a lower-division opponent.
Signature wins
Every Game
All 49 Louisville games under Satterfield, one tile each. Longest winning streak: 4; longest losing streak: 4. Tap a tile for the game.
Season by Season
Every season of the career. Louisville rows are marked in red.
| Year | Team | Record | Conf | Bowl | Final | SP+ | SRS | Recruiting | NFL picks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cincinnati | in progress | — | — | — | +9.2 | +5.1 | #58 | — |
| 2025 | Cincinnati | 7–6 | 5–4 | 0–1 | — | +4.5 | +2.9 | #61 | 4 |
| 2024 | Cincinnati | 5–7 | 3–6 | — | — | −0.1 | +4.4 | #51 | 1 |
| 2023 | Cincinnati | 3–9 | 1–8 | — | — | −6.8 | −3.7 | #75 | 1 |
| 2022 | Louisville | 7–5† | 4–4 | — | — | +9.0 | +10.6 | #51 | 3 |
| 2021 | Louisville | 6–7 | 4–4 | 0–1 | — | +7.8 | +8.1 | #38 | 0 |
| 2020 | Louisville | 4–7 | 3–7 | — | — | +6.5 | — | #42 | 2 |
| 2019 | Louisville | 8–5 | 5–3 | 1–0 | — | +0.2 | +0.1 | #69 | 1 |
| 2018 | App State | 10–2† | — | — | — | +11.9 | +10.7 | #113 | 0 |
| 2017 | App State | 9–4 | 7–1 | 1–0 | — | +3.8 | +1.6 | #107 | 1 |
| 2016 | App State | 10–3 | 7–1 | 1–0 | — | +9.2 | +5.0 | #109 | 0 |
| 2015 | App State | 11–2 | 7–1 | 1–0 | — | +7.9 | +2.4 | #114 | 1 |
| 2014 | App State | 7–5 | 6–2 | — | — | −8.3 | −8.2 | #87 | 0 |
† Part of the season: the coach took over midway, left before the bowl, or was let go. * Season in progress.
Careers from CFBD's coaching records, which cover FBS seasons from 1962 on. Louisville games come from the game archive, credited to whoever coached them. Recruiting is the team's class rank that year; NFL picks are the draft that followed the season.