Jimmy Satterfield

Jimmy Satterfield

Biographical details
Born	(1939-10-11)October 11, 1939 Lancaster, South Carolina, U.S.
Died	May 6, 2019(2019-05-06) (aged 79) Easley, South Carolina, U.S.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1973–1985	Furman (assistant)
1986–1993	Furman
1996–2003	Lexington HS (SC)
Head coaching record
Overall	66–29–3 (college)
Tournaments	7–3 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 NCAA Division I-AA (1988) 3 SoCon (1988–1990)
Awards
AFCA Division I-AA Coach of the Year (1988)

James Satterfield (October 11, 1939 – May 6, 2019) was an American football coach. He served as head football coach at Furman University from 1986 to 1993, where he compiled a record of 66–29–3.

Career

Satterfield was named the AFCA Coach of the Year in 1988 after leading Furman to an overall 13–2 record while being Southern Conference co-champions and then defeating Georgia Southern in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game. Satterfield was the second Furman football head coach to be the AFCA Division I-AA Coach of the Year; in 1985, three years earlier, Dick Sheridan won the award after leading the Paladins to a 12–2 record and a close two-point loss in the National Championship game.

Satterfield was the head football coach at Lexington High School, in Lexington, South Carolina from 1996 to 2003.

Death

Satterfield died of complications from heart surgery in 2019 at the age of 79.[1]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Furman Paladins (Southern Conference) (1986–1993)
1986	Furman	7–3–2	4–2–1	3rd	L NCAA Division I-AA First Round
1987	Furman	7–4	4–3	T–3rd
1988	Furman	13–2	6–1	T–1st	W NCAA Division I-AA Championship
1989	Furman	12–2	7–0	1st	L NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal
1990	Furman	9–4	6–1	1st	L NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal
1991	Furman	7–4	4–3	T–4th
1992	Furman	6–5	4–3	5th
1993	Furman	5–5–1	4–4	4th
Furman:		66–29–3	39–17–1
Total:		66–29–3
National championship         Conference title         Conference division title or championship game berth

References

1. Bezjak, Lou (May 6, 2019). "SC football coaching legend Jimmy Satterfield dies". The State. Columbia, South Carolina. Retrieved May 23, 2021.