Louisville coach Scott Satterfield said again that he will stay at school after South Carolina informed him of his coach vacancy.
Satterfield told The (Louisville) Courier-Journal that he had no intention of leaving Louisville, but “had an obligation to just listen [to South Carolina] because of where you are. “
He characterized the contact with South Carolina as a conversation and not a formal job interview, which several other sources confirmed to ESPN. Satterfield on Friday attended his son’s high school game in the Kentucky state playoffs.
Louisville’s sophomore coach told the Courier-Journal that he kept sports director Vince Tyra and others informed about contact with South Carolina.
Satterfield and Tyra did not return calls from ESPN for comment on Saturday.
“When [South Carolina] I got in touch, told Vince that they got in touch and told him that I wasn’t interested in talking to those guys, ”Satterfield told the newspaper. “Well, they came back in a week, so I said I would listen to what they had to say – and the reason is that it’s a few hours away from my aging parents and I’ve seen them once all year [due to COVID].
“… I went to listen to a conversation and that’s it. I kept Vince informed about this as well. I’m not trying to hide anything from anyone. I am not that person. “
Satterfield won the ACC Coach of the Year award in 2019, his first year in Louisville, when the team went 8-5 and won the Music City Bowl. Louisville is only 3-7 this season, and in the next December 12 game against Wake Forest. Satterfield, 47, in 2018, signed a six-year contract that pays him $ 3.25 million annually and includes a purchase of $ 5 million if he had left for another job before December 31.
Satterfield on November 24 issued a statement that it had not sought or sought offers from other programs. The statement came in response to a report by The Athletic that South Carolina intended to interview him and others for his position as coach.
South Carolina fired coach Will Muschamp on November 14. The school is about to be hired, sources said, and top candidates include Oklahoma assistant coach Shane Beamer, Louisiana coach Billy Napier and Coastal Carolina coach Jamey Chadwell.
Beamer, son of Hall of Fame coach Frank Beamer, served as a defensive assistant and recruiting coordinator in South Carolina between 2007 and 2010. He received strong support from former Gamecocks players, donors and others involved with the program.
ESPN’s Andrea Adelson contributed to this report.