Almost three months to the day after he was hired as Louisville head coach, Scott Satterfield admitted Monday that he still hasn't been able to settle in.

"I've had a lot of people talk about, 'How do you like Louisville and all that?' I don't really know yet. I've been in the building. I go to my house to sleep. That's basically it," he said.

Satterfield has spent a majority of his time in the athletic offices thanks to spring practice, which ends Thursday. The team wanted to finish up its practices before spring break next week.

The early practices also allowed Satterfield to get a jump on recruiting. He said that's been going well so far, as recruits have indicated they "can tell the change" in his regime.

In terms of recruiting, he said the goal is to build trust by being consistent.

"The more and more they're coming back, they're seeing that we're the same guy that they left before and nothing is changing," he said. "That's what these recruits will see."

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Another benefit of early practice, Satterfield said, is it allows the team to figure out what the players need to prioritize working on in the off-season and spring.

"We've saw our guys throughout spring practice," he said. "We've seen the things we need to work on. Now we can kind of monitor that throughout the rest of the semester."

Ultimately, spring practice has been an adjustment for Satterfield. Unlike years past, when he returned to his position, he's had to start from the ground up this year.

"It's a bit overwhelming with all of it because you have so much going. You're trying to recruit, you're trying to get our guys to learn what we want as a football team. We're dealing with our families, trying to get them up here, trying to get them settled," he said.

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Quarterback competition ongoing

When asked if there was any update on the Louisville quarterback competition, Malik Cunningham said it's been different every practice, unsurprisingly signaling that it's going to last into the fall.

For now, Cunningham, who split time as a starter last season, said the priority for him and fellow quarterbacks Jawon "Puma" Pass and Evan Conley is just to learn a new offense.

"It's coming together well," Cunningham said. "We've had some up-and-down days but that's going to happen when it's a new offense. But I feel like we have a grasp of it, and we're just trying to get things going a little faster."

Asked to evaluate himself and his fellow quarterbacks, Cunningham said they're all similar in that they have the ability to use their feet, a priority in Satterfield's run-heavy offense. This spring, he's worked on his ability to read defense.

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The competition hasn't had any effect on his relationship with Pass, who he split time with a year ago, referring to him as a "big brother."

"Me and Puma, we talk every day," he said. "We just feed off another. He gets me better, I get him better. Whoever is in, I'm always watching him. He's always watching me, critiquing me. I'm critiquing him, as well."

Cunningham added that Conley, too, has done a good job in the spring, but is still learning.

"He still does some young things but he also does some very good things. He's very smart," Cunningham said.

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News and Notes

Monday's practice marked the 13th of 15 held by the Cardinals during their spring season. The schedule culminates with Thursday's spring game.

Speaking of the spring game, fan details were released for Thursday's Spring Showcase at Cardinal Stadium. The practice begins at 7 p.m. and is expected to last for two hours. Admission is free. Parking lots open at 2 p.m. Gates open at 6 p.m.

Class of 2020 quarterback prospect Tyler Van Dyke was among the visitors to Louisville on Monday, according to his Twitter. Van Dyke is a three-star pro-style quarterback from Suffield Academy in Glastonbury, Connecticut. He has offers from Duke, Purdue, Syracuse and Wisconsin, among others.

Another former Louisville star was back in town over the weekend. Preston Brown, now a linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals, got some camera time with Satterfield during the men's basketball game on Sunday. Longtime NFL kicker David Akers was also in town this weekend on a recruiting visit for his son, Luke.

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