When Scott Satterfield left Louisville to become the head coach at Cincinnati in December 2022, he may have known he was being faced with a bit of a rebuilding effort.
What Satterfield probably didn’t anticipate was the worst Cincinnati season in 25 years, with the Bearcats going 3-9 overall in their fist year in the Big 12 Conference. That included a 1-8 record in Big 12 play.
Now, Satterfield is on USA Today’s list of the 10 head coaches in college football most firmly on the hot seat headed into 2024. He was one of two head coaches from the Big 12 to make the list alongside Baylor's Dave Aranda.
From USA Today: “Moving forward, Cincinnati should be listed as one of the betting favorites in a Big 12 Conference whose two most powerful schools, Texas and Oklahoma, took their egos and brands for the greener pastures of the SEC. This conference is ripe for the picking, but it is tough to win when you aren't good in any aspect of the game. Then again, the school could be patient and wait until Jan. 1, 2026, to fire Satterfield so that the buyout wouldn't be as bad.”
This isn’t the first time Satterfield has struggled as a head coach. In four seasons at Louisville he was 25-24 overall with a 15-18 record in ACC play — including two losing seasons.
Cincinnati opens the season on Aug. 31 at home against Towson.