Louisville football: 3 ways Scott Satterfield & Chris Mack are similar

TuTu Atwell #1 of the Louisville Cardinals (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
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Louisville football and basketball coaches Chris Mack and Scott Satterfield are at remarkably similar spots in their careers. Why that bodes well for the Cards over the next 5-10 years.

Louisville football and Louisville basketball are both still in the early stages of new coaching tenures. Yet, for Cards fans there feels like there hasn’t been a more promising time under Scott Satterfield and Chris Mack.

Part of that has to do with the commonalities between the up and coming coaches at both programs.

Mack, 50, and Satterfield, 47, are both relatively young for their respective positions, but both bring a unique personality and skill set that most programs in the country would like to emulate.

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But, what have the two head men brought to the table that has completely transformed an athletic program that lost both of its highest-paid coaches and longtime athletic director in a short period of time?

Here are three reasons why the two coaches are so similar, and why this is just the beginning for Louisville athletics.