Cort Dennison returning to Louisville

[Steelers2012]

Pete Thamel‏Verified account@PeteThamel
Source: Oregon assistant Cort Dennison is leaving to become Louisville’s co-defensive coordinator.

Mark Ennis‏@MarkEnnis
Can confirm the Football Scoop and Pete Thamel reports that Cort Dennison will be leaving Oregon to come to Louisville as co-defensive coordinator. Deal was completed this morning.

Now waiting to hear if Stephen Field will return as well.
Definitely good news on the recruiting front.

 

[CardVille]

I am so jacked for Spring to start. Waiting to see if we can reel in some decent recruits between now and Feb signing day.

 

[KerryRhodes]

This could be a game changer.

My outlook on Coach Satterfield is starting to look up.

 

[Louis III]

Man, I was hoping this would be one of the last big hires.....BIG!

 

[nccardfan]

Don’t remember Field. Can someone enlighten me on his accolades?

 

[Rollem Cards]

Let me be the downer.

Since this year's recruiting is a wash, let's hope he sticks around for a couple years at least.

 

[Steelers2012]

Don’t remember Field. Can someone enlighten me on his accolades?

DEEP high school roots in Florida.

Field was the head coach and offensive coordinator at North Marion High from 2014-15 and was the Florida Athletic Coaches Association Coach of the Year.

A native of West Palm Beach, Florida, Field also coached at Miami Northwestern High (2012-14), a school that earlier produced former U of L quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. During his tenure at Northwestern, 46 players earned college football scholarships, according to a U of L news release.

Before that, Field worked at Hampton University (2009-11) as running backs coach and recruiting coordinator, and before that he was on the staff at Miami (2006-08) as a defensive staff assistant and special teams coach.

Before Miami, Field, served as an assistant coach at Glades Central High School in Belle Glade, Fla., serving as the offensive run game coordinator, running backs coach and academic coach.

Field also coached at Deerfield Beach and Miami Central high schools in Florida

Stephen Field joined the Louisville staff prior to the 2017 season (and left after the season), after serving one year as the tight ends coach at Florida A&M. What he lacked in collegiate coaching experience, Field made up for it with connections and deep roots in the South Florida area, where he was one of the most successful coaches in the state.

 

[CardX]

Don’t remember Field. Can someone enlighten me on his accolades?

He was head coach at Miami Northwestern HS, where Teddy played. He coached there after Teddy came to Louisville. He coached at various other Florida high schools, so the guy has got strong Florida connections. He was Florida's coach of the year in 2015. The last class he helped recruit here was ranked as Louisville's highest rated class in school history. He and Cort are A+ hires.

 

[Knucklehank1]

Dennison must really like Louisville. He grew up out West and played college ball at Washington. Oregon would seemingly be a plum job for him. He is my early favorite to replace Satterfield in 15 years.

 

[The Public Enemy]

Pete Thamel‏Verified account@PeteThamel
Source: Oregon assistant Cort Dennison is leaving to become Louisville’s co-defensive coordinator.

Mark Ennis‏@MarkEnnis
Can confirm the Football Scoop and Pete Thamel reports that Cort Dennison will be leaving Oregon to come to Louisville as co-defensive coordinator. Deal was completed this morning.

Now waiting to hear if Stephen Field will return as well.
Definitely good news on the recruiting front.

Huge get for Head Coach Satterfield..

 

[ShortCreek]

Big get

 

[PRPclass76]

Dayum Satterfiled is getting it done! According to the Miami Herald, Field has roots that have sprouted roots in Miami, Ft Lauderdale. Man's a legend down there. With him, Ponce and Cort, look out. BTW, the Sharpei is done in Louisville too!

 

[nccardfan]

Dennison must really like Louisville. He grew up out West and played college ball at Washington. Oregon would seemingly be a plum job for him. He is my early favorite to replace Satterfield in 15 years.

Whoa Nellie! One coach at a time..

 

[CardX]

Dennison must really like Louisville. He grew up out West and played college ball at Washington. Oregon would seemingly be a plum job for him. He is my early favorite to replace Satterfield in 15 years.

Likely a woman is involved, if I had to guess.

 

[chevelle99]

Could be that Louisville just had their wettest year in recorded history. I hear Oregon is pretty rainy too.

 

[GoldCard]

Great hire!

Welcome back, Cort!!!

 

[kentuckyshame]

Really glad to hear that Cort is coming back. Nice get by Satterfield.

 

[Louisville1stCards4ever]

Likely a woman is involved, if I had to guess.

He has the money to move her to the west coast if that was the case lol

 

[Cardsfan62]

Glad to see Dennison and Field back. To have them join Ponce we should really recruit big in Florida. I wonder what our recruiting terriorty will be. We have a core staff from NC who has roots there plus So. Carolina. Shadon Brown has roots in Ga which also mixes in with the core staff, plus you add in Field and Dennison's connections.

I guarantee this, they certainly will be able to evaluate talent.

I would like to know what Field and Dennison say when they hear CSS say that we need to recruit harder the entire state of Kentucky?
Do their addition help us with in state recruiting or will it bother some of KY HS coaches?
We can always say, it's a change in philsophy and the difference in 2 different coaches.
This is going to be fun to watch on a variety of levels. Talent, recruiting results, getting KY kids, and how long we can retain this staff.

 

[WhatMeWorry]

We have two coaches with deep roots in KY HS football. And CSS said it's a priority. But in an average year, there are only 4-6 players we would want, so concentrating on areas with a lot of top recruits makes the most sense. After CBP's seeming indifference to local recruiting, we seem in good hands.

 

[beantowncard]

Likely a woman is involved, if I had to guess.

That always are, one way or another.

 

[Cardinal Cash]

Dennison must really like Louisville. He grew up out West and played college ball at Washington. Oregon would seemingly be a plum job for him. He is my early favorite to replace Satterfield in 15 years.

We were the first school to let him coach on the field. He’s probably grateful that we gave him a shot at the big time and have faith in him. I really hope he’s a lifer here as a DC once Brown moves on to be an HC.

 

[Thecycle27]

The reality of college football is Louisville will never consistently Top 10 classes. No matter who they hire that reality isn't changing.

What I believe they can do though is indentify players that are high 3 star and underrated kids. They have to excel at identifying those kids. There are enough kids nationally that are really good football players that can make any program consistently a Top 25 team. In listening to the coaching that is their plan. I think the former staff focused way too much on measurables not the on field production.

You can't miss in 2 positions on both sides. On offense OL/QB have to recruit to your system. There a very few skilled guys that can excel without a good online or QB. On defense have to have DL/DB. Based on App St performance they identified kids that fit their system.

Can't focus too much on rb/wr/lb because they are all over the place you don't need a bunch of 4 and 5 stars, but you need some which is always doable at Louisville.