Murray Satterfield Explained

Murray Satterfield
Birth Date:19 March 1926
Birth Place:Blackfoot, Idaho, U.S.
Death Place:Boise, Idaho, U.S.
Player Years1:1944–1945,
1948–1949
Player Team1:Utah
Coach Years1:?–1961
Coach Team1:Wendell HS
Coach Years2:1961–1965
Coach Team2:Borah HS
Coach Years3:1965–1973
Coach Team3:Boise / Boise State
Coach Years4:1975–1978
Coach Team4:College of Idaho

Murray Satterfield (March 19, 1926 – April 24, 2013) was an American basketball coach. He was the coach of Boise State University and led their transition to a four-type year program.

A native of Blackfoot, Idaho, Satterfield played college basketball for Vadal Peterson at Utah, where in 1949 he was named to the All-Skyline Conference. Following the close of his college career, he coached high school basketball in his home state before being named head coach at Boise Junior College in 1965.[1] Satterfield led the Broncos from the junior college ranks to the NCAA College Division to NCAA Division I in his time there, earning a College Division NCAA Tournament bid in 1970. He compiled a total record of 134–77 at Boise State.[2]

Satterfield abruptly resigned as the Broncos head coach in-season in January, 1973.[3] He would later coach the College of Idaho from 1975 to 1978.[4]

Satterfield died on April 24, 2013, at age 87.[2] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. News: BJC selects Borah coach. Times-News. March 31, 1965. 19. Newspapers.com. May 2, 2020.
  2. News: Former BSU, C of I coach Satterfield dies . April 26, 2013. The Idaho Press-Tribune. May 2, 2020.
  3. News: Satterfield resigns post at Boise State. Standard-Examiner. January 17, 1973. 18. Newspapers.com. May 2, 2020.
  4. News: College of Idaho picks Satterfield as Cage coach. Standard-Examiner. August 18, 1975. 13. Newspapers.com. May 2, 2020.
  5. News: Obituary of Murray Satterfield . April 24, 2013. summersfuneral.com. May 2, 2020.