Nebraska tight ends coach Marcus Satterfield met with members of the media following the team’s practice on Tuesday. He discussed why he chose to stay at Nebraska after being moved to tight ends coach.
“That’s a great question,” he said. “We preach every day that there’s going to be adversity. What happened to me is no different than a player getting benched or having to go from first team to second team. There’s no difference. I believe in this place, I believe in Nebraska, I believe in everything that I came here believing. I still believe it. We have great things ahead of us and I think we can do it. I want to be a part of it. I want to finish what we started. I thought it would be a great example for our guys to see that when you go through hard stuff, practice what you preach and just keep coming to work and keep giving it your best every single day.”
Satterfield talked about his new position and the changes it’s brought.
“I’m having the time of my life,” he said. “It’s great to get to learn from an offensive mind like Dana (Holgorsen). I get to coach the greatest position in football, the tight end. You get to run, block, pass, catch balls. You get to coach the whole game. We’ve got a really good room, a really close room. I’m happier now than I’ve ever been in coaching.”
He spoke on Heinrich Haarberg’s transition from quarterback to tight end.
“He just had two good blocks out there today,” he said. “I think he just keeps getting better. It’s a totally different football game that he’s playing. It’s easy to say ‘you’re going to get inside, landmark, put your hat and hands on him, get in his face.’ It’s hard to do it. We just had to keep putting him in those situations. I think by the time the season gets here, he’ll be just fine. He’s better today than he was yesterday. Constantly doing it every day is going to get him to where he needs to be.”
NU will continue with spring practice on Thursday. The Husker Games, presented by FNBO, are set for Saturday, April 26. Fans will have the opportunity to get a preview of the 2025 Husker football, volleyball and soccer teams as part of the Husker Games events.