Cincinnati is expected to hire Army defensive coordinator Nate Woody to the same position, sources confirmed to FootballScoop on Monday. The news was first reported by the Bearcat Journal.
Woody has spent the past six seasons running Jeff Monken's defense in West Point, but prior to that coordinated Scott Satterfield's defense at Appalachian State from 2013-17.
Woody left after the 2017 campaign for the coordinator job at Georgia Tech, a job that lasted only a year with Paul Johnson in the last of his 11 seasons with the Yellow Jackets. Woody spent 2019 as an analyst at Michigan.
At Army, Woody led the American Athletic Conference in scoring defense in 2024 at 15.5 points per game -- a number that placed fourth nationally -- as the Black Knights went 12-2 and won the league in their first year of membership. Army finished that year ranked No. 21 in the AP poll and rose as high as No. 16 during the season, the program's highest ranking since 1962, per College Poll Archive. Overall, Army went 49-27 with Woody on staff.
Together at App State, Satterfield and Woody were 41-22 with two Sun Belt championships together from 2013-17. Satterfield is 15-22 in three seasons at Cincinnati after a 25-24 run at Louisville from 2019-22.
The Bearcats went 7-6 in 2025, their best mark yet under Satterfield, but lost coordinator Tyson Veidt to the linebackers job at Penn State. Veidt coached under Matt Campbell at Toledo and Iowa State from 2014-23. Cincinnati allowed 5.6 yards per play and 25.6 points per game in 2025.
BREAKING: Sources tell @BearcatJournal that Cincinnati is expected to hire Nate Woody as its next defensive coordinator. Woody held the same role at Army and has led three top 15 defensive units in his tenure at West Point. #Bearcats
— Chad Brendel (@ChadBrendel) January 12, 2026