University of Tennessee at Chattanooga head football coach Russ Huesman announced the hiring of former Ohio State graduate assistant Wesley Satterfield today. Satterfield will coach the tight ends for the Mocs.
Satterfield comes to Chattanooga after spending the last two seasons as a graduate assistant for Ohio State. Prior to that he spent three years on the football staff at North Carolina where he was a quality control assistant (2007-08) and graduate assistant coach (2009) working with the quarterbacks and receivers.
"Wesley was highly recommended and is very knowledgable," stated Huesman. "We are really excited to have hm. His dad was a legendary high school coach in the state of Tennessee for a long time. His connections in middle Tennessee recruiting will pay dividends for us."
Satterfield was a four-year starter at quarterback, kicker and punter for Sewanee: The University of the South, earning SCAC Offensive Player of the Year honors as a junior. He set a conference single season record for quarterbacks in 2005, scoring 11 rushing touchdowns.
A native of Hartsville, Tenn., Satterfield was an all-state quarterback and kicker at Trousdale County High, where his father and previously his grandfather served as head football coach. He earned a bachelor's degree in American history from Sewanee in 2007. He is not related the UTC Offensive Coordinator Marcus Satterfield.