Murray Satterfield

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.

Murray Satterfield

Biographical details
Born	(1926-03-19)March 19, 1926 Blackfoot, Idaho, U.S.
Died	April 24, 2013(2013-04-24) (aged 87) Boise, Idaho, U.S.
Playing career
1944–1945, 1948–1949	Utah
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
?–1961	Wendell HS
1961–1965	Borah HS
1965–1973	Boise / Boise State
1975–1978	College of Idaho

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]