Murray Satterfield

{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (1926–2013)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|3|19}}

| birth_place = Blackfoot, Idaho, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|4|24|1926|3|19}}

| death_place = Boise, Idaho, U.S.

| player_years1 = 1944–1945,
1948–1949

| player_team1 = Utah

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| 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

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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.{{cite news|title= BJC selects Borah coach|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50105060/the-times-news/ |newspaper=Times-News|date=March 31, 1965|page=19|via =Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 2, 2020}} {{Open access}} 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.{{cite news|title= Former BSU, C of I coach Satterfield dies |url= https://www.idahopress.com/members/former-bsu-c-of-i-coach-satterfield-dies/article_4680a226-ae47-11e2-a1db-001a4bcf887a.html|date=April 26, 2013|website=The Idaho Press-Tribune|accessdate=May 2, 2020}}

Satterfield abruptly resigned as the Broncos head coach in-season in January, 1973.{{cite news|title= Satterfield resigns post at Boise State|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50104491/the-ogden-standard-examiner/ |newspaper=Standard-Examiner|date=January 17, 1973|page=18|via =Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 2, 2020}} {{Open access}} He would later coach the College of Idaho from 1975 to 1978.{{cite news|title= College of Idaho picks Satterfield as Cage coach|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50104249/the-ogden-standard-examiner/ |newspaper=Standard-Examiner|date=August 18, 1975|page=13|via =Newspapers.com|accessdate = May 2, 2020}} {{Open access}}

Satterfield died on April 24, 2013, at age 87.{{cite news|title= Obituary of Murray Satterfield |url= https://summersfuneral.com/tribute/details/42907/Murray-Satterfield/obituary.html |date=April 24, 2013|website=summersfuneral.com|accessdate=May 2, 2020}}