Jimmy Satterfield
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.
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 11, 1939 Lancaster, South Carolina |
| Died | May 6, 2019 (aged 79) Easley, South Carolina |
| 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) | |
Career
Satterfield was named the 1988 AFCA Coach of the Year 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. He 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 | |||||||||