Scott Satterfield learned of death of father before Kentucky game

Louisville football coach Scott Satterfield didn’t have much time to take it in. Right before his Cardinals were set to face their biggest rival Kentucky, Scott Satterfield was informed his father, Freddie, had died in North Carolina after battling an illness.

With such short notice, he went about his typical routine and got ready to coach the game. Louisville suffered its worst loss of the season, 52-21 at the hands of the Wildcats. The game was never close, as Kentucky led by a score of 38-7 at the end of the third quarter.

Satterfield has spent the past eight years as a college head coach, and the past three at Louisville. He has amassed a 65-34 overall record in that span, including 18-18 with the Cardinals. Prior to arriving in Louisville he coached Appalachian State, his alma mater, from 2013-18.

As of this time, the rest of the details surrounding the story are scarce. However, the university tweeted out a message of support for Scott Satterfield and his family following the loss of his father.

Thoughts and prayers with Coach Satt and his entire family following the passing of his father 🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/GvY0BHan0X

— Louisville Football (@UofLFootball) November 28, 2021

Freddie Satterfield struck out on his own at age 32, leaving a job at IBM to start a family paving business, at which he worked for more than four decades in the Durham, North Carolina, area.

Although the Cardinals lost Saturday, they had already achieved bowl eligibility earlier in the season. They will finish the year at 6-6 and wait it out to discover their bowl destination. It is the second bowl appearance for Louisville under the direction of Scott Satterfield.

“It was a bad night for us,” the coach said after Saturday. “I hate the fact that it was senior night against Kentucky and that it was a bad night, but it was. This night does not speak of what we’ve done this season. We’ve been in most every game we’ve played, minus the two SEC games we played when you think about Ole Miss and Kentucky, but everything in between we’ve been right there. We won six, we lost three by a slim margin, so I think we’re getting better as a football team, as a program. …It will be great for us these next three or four weeks to practice with these guys and continue to get better. I think these guys will be eager and hungry to get out there and work and continue to improve. It was bad night. It wasn’t good.”