Marcus Satterfield

Marcus Satterfield is in his second season as Nebraska’s offensive coordinator in 2024.  In addition to his play-calling duties, he coaches the Husker tight ends.

Satterfield is in his eighth season on Matt Rhule’s staff in 2024, having coached under Rhule with the Carolina Panthers, Baylor and Temple. Satterfield is serving as Rhule’s offensive coordinator for the fifth season having previously been Rhule’s offensive coordinator for three seasons at Temple.

Satterfield is in his 13th season as an offensive coordinator and his 26th season overall. In addition to previous experience as a coordinator, Satterfield also served as the head coach of Tennessee Tech for two seasons in 2016 and 2017.

The son of a high school head coach, Satterfield helped South Carolina post impressive numbers during the 2022 season. The Gamecocks finished with the third-most passing yards in school history, the fourth-most points and sixth-most total yards. He dealt with a multitude of injuries in his first season at Nebraska but still helped the Huskers post the second-best rushing offense in the Big Ten. In addition to his work as a coordinator, Satterfield has excelled as both a tight ends coach and as a quarterbacks coach, a group he tutored at Nebraska in 2023. 

NEBRASKA (2023)
Nebraska averaged 176.8 rushing yards per game to rank second in the Big Ten in rushing. The Huskers also had the 14th most-improved rushing offense in the country despite losing their top two running backs and two starting offensive linemen to season-ending injuries. Injuries also forced Nebraska to use three starting quarterbacks in 2023, when three quarterbacks each started multiple games for the first time in at least 50 years.

Nebraska’s offense was fueled by explosive plays in 2023. NU led the Big Ten in runs of 40, 50, 60 and 70 yards, while ranking ninth nationally in runs of 40 yards or longer. Nebraska also ranked second in the Big Ten in offensive plays of 50 yards or longer, which included three touchdown catches of 58 yards or longer from true freshmen. On the season, 60 percent of Nebraska’s passing and receiving yards came from players who entered the year with zero career pass attempts or receptions. The Huskers also saw 44 percent of their rushing yards come from players who did not have a career carry prior to the season.

Two Husker offensive linemen - Bryce Benhart and Ben Scott - earned All-Big Ten recognition, while Thomas Fidone II caught four touchdown passes, the most by a Husker tight end since 2010.

BEFORE NEBRASKA
SOUTH CAROLINA: Satterfield was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at South Carolina in 2021 and 2022. In 2022, his offense posted the third-most passing yards in school history (3,380), the fourth-most points (418) and the sixth-most total yards (4,925). Spencer Rattler threw for 3,026 yards, the sixth-highest total in program history.

The Gamecocks combined for 94 points and 1,008 yards of total offense in back-to-back wins over No. 5 Tennessee and No. 7 Clemson in his final two games. South Carolina racked up 606 yards in a 63-38 rout of the Volunteers before compiling 402 yards in a 31-30 upset over the Tigers.

In his first season in Columbia, Satterfield helped the Gamecocks to a seven-win campaign in 2021. Injuries forced South Carolina to use multiple quarterbacks during the season, as four different quarterbacks recorded a win as the starter. South Carolina compiled 543 yards of total offense in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl win over North Carolina, which was a school record for a bowl game.

CAROLINA PANTHERS: Satterfield boasts NFL experience, as he spent one season with the Carolina Panthers as an assistant offensive line coach on Rhule’s staff in 2020. That season, the Panthers averaged 5.6 yards per play while passing for more than 4,100 yards and rushing for more than 1,700 yards.

BAYLOR: Satterfield was at Baylor in 2018 and 2019. He joined Rhule’s staff as the director of recruiting in 2018 before joining the coaching staff as the tight ends coach for the 2019 season. The Bears’ 2018 signing class was ranked in the top 30 nationally, but a re-rank of the class by The Athletic in 2023 concluded that Baylor had the nation’s No. 14 recruiting class based on the players’ collegiate careers.

In 2019, Satterfield helped Baylor to an 11-3 record that included the program’s first Big 12 Championship Game appearance and a trip to the Sugar Bowl. Baylor’s 11 wins were a school record at the time. His tight ends contributed to a passing attack that threw for more than 250 yards per game and a rushing attack that averaged over 165 yards per game.

EAST TENNESSEE STATE: Satterfield briefly served as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at East Tennessee State in 2018, before he left to reunite with Rhule at Baylor.

TENNESSEE TECH: Satterfield was the head coach at Tennessee Tech for two seasons in 2016 and 2017. In 2016, he led the Golden Eagles to their first winning conference season since 2011 with a 5-3 mark in the Ohio Valley Conference.

TEMPLE: Satterfield spent three seasons as the offensive coordinator at Temple from 2013 to 2015, where he helped guide the Owls to a conference divisional championship, a 10-win season, the school’s first top-25 ranking in 36 years and a bowl appearance. The Owls appeared in the AP Top 25 Poll for a school-record seven weeks in 2015.

Under Satterfield’s direction, the Temple offense averaged nearly 30 points per game in 2015. In his first season as coordinator in 2013, the Temple offense averaged nearly 400 yards per game, which was the most by an Owl team since 1979. Satterfield tutored Freshman All-American P.J. Walker, who threw for 2,084 yards and 20 touchdowns in just seven starts in 2013.

CHATTANOOGA: In his second stint at Chattanooga, Satterfield worked as an offensive coordinator for four seasons from 2009 to 2012. He spent his first three years grooming an NFL Draft pick at quarterback. B.J. Coleman had an outstanding three-year career under Satterfield’s tutelage before being drafted by the Green Bay Packers. Coleman set a school record with 52 career touchdown passes.

In 2010, Chattanooga ranked No. 8 nationally in passing offense (277 yards per game) and No. 11 nationally with 4,730 yards of total offense, the third-highest mark in school history. The Mocs also ranked in the top 20 in the FCS with 31.5 points per game, the second-highest total in school history.

Receivers also shined in Satterfield’s offense. Joel Bradford was recognized as a third-team All-American by the Associated Press in 2010.

The previous year, Blue Cooper ranked sixth in the FCS with 84 receptions.

Satterfield also began his career at Chattanooga. He was a graduate with the Mocs in 1999 and 2000.

UT MARTIN: Satterfield coached for three years at UT Martin from 2006 to 2008, serving as the offensive coordinator in his first two seasons before being elevated to associate head coach and passing game coordinator in 2008. He helped the Skyhawks win the Ohio Valley Conference championship in 2006. The UT Martin offense boasted the top scoring offense in the conference in 2006 and also led the league in total offense and scoring offense in 2007.

WESTERN CAROLINA: Satterfield spent one season as the wide receivers coach at Western Carolina in 2005, when Rhule was also on staff.

RICHMOND: In 2004, Satterfield coached the wide receivers at Richmond.

TENNESSEE: Satterfield spent two seasons as a graduate assistant under Phillip Fulmer at Tennessee in 2002 and 2003. The Volunteers compiled an 18-8 record in Satterfield’s two years in Knoxville.

PLAYING CAREER (EAST TENNESSEE STATE)
Satterfield was a wide receiver and punter at East Tennessee State from 1995 to 1998, helping the Bucs to the FCS playoffs in 1996. He finished his career at ETSU with 124 receptions and 11 touchdowns.

PERSONAL
A native of Greenback, Tenn., Satterfield earned his degree from East Tennessee State in 1999. He and his wife Sarah have one daughter, Harper.

COACHING CAREER
2024: Nebraska (Offensive Coordinator/Tight Ends)
2023: Nebraska (Offensive Coordinator)
2021-22: South Carolina (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
2020: Carolina Panthers (Assistant Offensive Line)
2019: Baylor (Tight Ends)
2018: Baylor (Recruiting Coordinator)
2018: East Tennessee State (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
2016-17: Tennessee Tech (Head Coach)
2015: Temple (Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs)
2013-14: Temple (Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks)
2009-12: Chattanooga (Offensive Coordinator)
2008: UT Martin (Associate Head Coach/Passing Game Coordinator)
2006-07: UT Martin (Offensive Coordinator)
2005: Western Carolina (Wide Receivers)
2004: Richmond (Wide Receivers)
2002-03: Tennessee (Graduate Assistant)
2001: Chattanooga (Wide Receivers)
1999-2000: Chattanooga (Graduate Assistant)