Cincinnati head football coach Scott Satterfield introduced his latest hire with new defensive coordinator Tyson Veidt.

Veidt served as Iowa State's associate head coach and linebackers coach for the past eighth season. He was named the National Linebacker Coach of the Year by Football Scoop in 2017 and a nominee for the Broyles Award, given to the nation's top assistant coach, in 2018.
 
Head Coach Scott Satterfield's opening statement
"I'm happy to be here to introduce Tyson Veidt to everyone. First of all I appreciate Coach Brown. Coach Brown has been with me since 2012, so it's going to be a change in leadership on that side of the ball. When you spend a lot of time on the offense like I do as a head coach, you want to have to go find someone to help with that defense that you trust, number one. Someone that you can that feel good about them, organizing and running that side of the ball with staff and players. There were a lot of great candidates out there. A lot of people reached out and there were a lot of people that we talked to. It wasn't something that I was just going to jump in too quickly. We wanted to take the process and take our time with that, but there were many reasons why we hired Coach Veidt. First, being in the Big 12 for the last eight years has been huge, and what Iowa State has been able to accomplish and do over that period, particularly on defense. They've done an outstanding job with being in that league that long. When you think about some of the offenses that have been in this league for many years and for Iowa State to be able to be one of if not the best defense over that span in the Big 12. From total defense, scoring defense, and rushing defense to do all those things, they've done an outstanding job with that. He's been an integral part of that, he mentored and worked with those linebackers and the linebacker group there. He's had some outstanding players there and has done some great things with them and teaching them and being a great teacher is the key when for you to be a good football coach, and he's certainly got those attributes. Being from Ohio is a huge thing he has great respect for high school coaches in the state. He has been a head coach, having to do all the things as a head coach and wear all the many hats he's had to be able to deal with that. I think that's a big thing. Then just sitting down and going over his philosophies and things that he thinks are important are some of the same things that we think are important. It's a great alignment there. So for all those reasons, I think we got an outstanding coach and person here. He has a great family as well, I think we hit a home run with Tyson here."
 
Defensive Coordinator Tyson Veidt opening statement
"First and foremost, I'd like to thank the University of Cincinnati and Coach Satterfield. I'm like Coach Satterfield in the respect of I was in one place for the last eight years so I would certainly like to thank Coach Campbell and the opportunity I had at Iowa State. I was with Coach Campbell for over 10 seasons, so I was with one guy for a while, and I'd be remiss if I didn't thank him. I am certainly excited to be back in my home state and a place where I have great relationships not just with my immediate family, but with many other people as well, and excited for the opportunity here."
 
Satterfield on the process of finding coaches 
"When you have coaches that you've worked with that are great coaches that have been able to work their way up and do some really good things, and there were a lot of those guys out there and there were some great candidates and guys that I've worked with in the past and a lot of times that is the easy thing to do. It's comfortable. You know what you're getting in with those type guys. I really didn't want to just settle for that. I don't mean in a negative term; I just really wanted to try to find the best person for this opportunity and where we are, and I really believe that's what Tyson is going to bring to the table. The things that I mentioned, I thought was the best for us at this point in time. I really have great respect for Matt Campbell, having worked with him, not just in 2009, but we've had a great relationship for many, many years. Talking to other people who have worked with coach Veidt, I just really felt good about it and comfortable and really felt that this was going to be the best thing for the Bearcats. That's really how I'm looking at it. I don't have to go hire somebody just because I know them in an intimate way as far as working with them for so many years. For me it was always what's going to be the best thing for us in order to help our football team go win games in the Big 12."

Coach Veidt on what made Cincinnati stand out from the other schools.
"I think in the football world you're obviously connected through college football with watching many guys over the years. Obviously, Coach Satterfield had great success everywhere he's been that I knew of him, did not know him, but that was certainly exciting to me. Then, the opportunity here at the University of Cincinnati, I think, is a place that speaks for itself, with the history and the tradition that's happened here and obviously, the potential to be now in the Big 12 and take the program to another level. It was also very exciting."