Official release: 2/6/2019
Football Adds Three To Huesman’s Coaching Staff
RICHMOND, Va. – University of Richmond head football coach
Russ Huesman announced changes to his football staff Wednesday with the additions of
Brandon Lacy,
Wesley Satterfield and
Johnson Richardson. The three coaches joins the Spiders' staff and one more addition will be announced at a later date along with full staff responsibilities.
Lacy joins the Spiders with an impressive defensive resume, bringing 16 years of NCAA coaching experience to Richmond. During his career he has coached six different defensive lineman to All-America honors and had seven different players move on to careers in the National Football League.
Lacy spent the past 10 years as the assistant head coach, defensive run game coordinator, recruiting coordinator and defensive line coach at Southeastern Louisiana. During his time in Hammond, he was part of two Southland Conference championships teams in 2014 and 2013. As recruiting coordinator, he helped the Lions earn the No. 1 rated FCS recruiting class in the country in 2010.
Lacy led the Lions' defense that finished 2014 ranked seventh in total defense in the country, eighth in scoring defense, 18th in rushing defense and 28th in total sacks. His 2013 team finished ranked No. 6 in the country in the final polls and was 24th in the country in tackles for loss. Prior to Southeastern Louisiana, he spent the 2008 season at Angelo State as the Defensive line coach and co-defensive coordinator.
Lacy spent two seasons as the defensive line graduate assistant at Rice, tutoring one Freshman All-America selection. He also was an defensive line intern with the Houston Texas under head coach Gary Kubiak in 2008. Lacy has made stops at Ferrum College (2006), Tennessee-Martin (2005) and Appalachian State (2003-04). He played collegiately for two years at Tennessee-Martin (1998-99) and two years at Kansas (2001-02),
Satterfield brings 12 years of experience to the Spiders at both the FCS and FBS levels. He most recently spent three years as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Austin Peay (2016-18) under former Spider Will Healy. In 2017, Austin Peay led the Ohio Valley Conference in total offensive and rushing yards, while ranking sixth in the nation on the ground. The offense set school records for total offense, points, yards per game, yards per play, touchdowns, rushing touchdowns, rushing yards and yards per rush.
Satterfield oversaw the play of FCS First Team All-America quarterback Jeremiah Oatsvall, who also won the OVC Freshman of the Year. He spent two seasons as the quarterbacks coach and run game coordinator at Southeastern Louisiana from 2014-15. He guided senior quarterback Bryan Bennett to Southland Conference Offensive Player of the year honors and a finalist for the Walter Payton Award.
Satterfield will be making his second stint on Huesman's staff as he spent two seasons at Chattanooga from 2012-13 as the tight ends and running backs coach. He led tight end Faysal Shafaat to Third Team All-America honors during his time with the Mocs. Satterfield spent three seasons at and offensive/special teams graduate assistant at Ohio State for head coaches Jim Tressel and Luke Fickell. He began his coaching career at North Carolina as an offensive graduate assistant under Butch Davis (2007-10). Satterfield played four years at the University of the South from 2003-06.
Richardson joins the Spiders after spending the past seven years on the staff at Charlotte. He spent six years, including the past two, coaching the 49ers' tight ends. He mentored All-Conference USA selection Chris Phillips during his time at tight ends. He spent one season (2016) as the offensive line coach, guiding Nate Davis to an All-Conference USA selection. He began his career at Charlotte as an offensive intern from 2012-13, working primarily with the tight ends.
Richardson began his coaching career as an offensive graduate assistant at Wingate. He worked with the offensive line and tight ends during his time with the Bulldogs while also handing Director of Football Operations duties. Richardson was a four-year letterwinner at Wofford (2006-09), helping the Terriers win the Southern Conference championship in 2007. Wofford appeared in a pair of FCS playoffs during his time, including a quarterfinal appearance in 2007.
