Todd Satterfield Position: Head Coach Experience: 12th Season Alma Mater: Univ. of Georgia '89

Furman men's golf coach Todd Satterfield is in his 12th year at the helm of the Paladin program, and is steering the Furman golfers toward a role as annual contenders for the Southern Conference Title and postseason action.

In 1996-97, Satterfield's first season as head coach, he led the Furman men's team to four tournament titles and the program's first post-season appearance since 1986. Victories in the East Carolina Pirate Fall Intercollegiate, the Old Dominion University/Seascape Collegiate and the Davidson College Invitational would have made for an impressive season, but the Paladins took it a step further by winning the program's first Southern Conference Championship since 1993 with a sudden-death victory over the 14th-ranked Bucs of East Tennessee State. That victory may well have cemented the NCAA committee's decision to invite the Paladins to the NCAA East Regional Championship at The Homestead's Upper Cascades Golf Course. At the East Regional, which was Furman's first postseason appearance since the Paladins finished 19th at the 1986 NCAA Championships, Furman fired 297-311-301 to finish tied for 14th, just 14 strokes away from qualifying for the NCAA Championship. Satterfield's effort did not go unnoticed. He was named Southern Conference Coach of the Year and he became the first-ever first-year coach to win Furman's J. Lyles Alley Coach of the Year Award.

In 2001-02 Satterfield again led his team to NCAA Regional action as the Paladins placed 21st out of 27 teams at a tough Settindown Creek Course in Roswell, Ga. Furman recorded another banner year in 2003-04, winning the Southern Conference Tournament, the Furman Invitational and the Wofford Invitational, and placing 18th at the West Regional in Sunriver, Ore. As a result, Satterfield again earned Southern Conference Coach of the Year honors. In 2004 Matt Davidson, a player recruited and coached by Satterfield, won his PGA tour card making him Satterfield's first protege competing in the PGA.

A native of Bluefield, W.Va., Satterfield joined the Furman program after three years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, the University of Georgia. As a junior playing in West Virginia, Satterfield won the State Junior Championship and finished as runner-up in the State Amateur. As a member of UGA's Bulldog golf team, Satterfield earned 1989 All-Southeastern Conference honors and was key to the team's 1988 SEC Championship. In addition, he was the Bulldogs' low performer in the 1988 NCAA Championship.

According to Satterfield, much of his coaching style reflects the influence of legendary Georgia Coach Dick Copas. A member of the Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) Hall of Fame, Coach Copas led the Georgia team for 26 years and Satterfield studied under him as both a player and an assistant coach.

After graduating from Georgia in 1989 with a degree in finance, Satterfield won the West Virginia Open and advanced to the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur. In the fall of 1989 he turned pro and played the Hogan (Nike), South Africa and Hooters mini-tours. In addition, he won the second stage of the 1991 PGA Tour Qualifying School with a blistering 17-under-par total. In 1992 Satterfield notched three top five finishes on the Hogan Tour and finished 66th on the money list.

Though no longer a touring professional, Satterfield keeps his game in shape by practicing with and instructing his team. That practice paid off in the summer of 2000 when he won the Greenville County Amateur with rounds of 67-70-70. In addition, he took the 1997 Furman Invitational over a field of almost 100 and qualified for the U.S. Amateur with rounds of 68-69. In 1998, he advanced to the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship.

Satterfield is married to the former Lori Beth Honaker of Bluefield, W.Va. The couple has two children: a daughter, Kateland, 14, and a son, Chandler, 10.