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spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Troy Calhoun - Air Force","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/AirForce_TroyCalhoun.vlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "David Zalubowski", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "340", "278", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Troy Calhoun had the unenviable task of replacing legend Fisher DeBerry, and the former Falcons QB has done a nice job.<br><r/><br>Calhoun's journey to air force saw him become offensive coordinator of Ohio Universiy and Wake Forest before moving to the NFL. He worked his way up to becoming the Broncos' offensive coordinator and then moved on to the same role with the Houston Texans before coming back to Air Force.<br><r/><br>In his first season as head coach, he guided the Falcons to a 9-3 record and a spot in the Armed Forces Bowl, losing to Cal. ";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Brady Hoke - Ball State","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/BallState_BradyHoke.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Nati Harnik", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "273", "329", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Brady Hoke was a defensive standout at Ball State and helped the Cardinals win the 1978 MAC title. Before taking over as coach in 2003, he was an assistant at Michigan.<br><r/><br>Hoke hasn't compiled a hugely impressinve win-loss record, but last season he led Ball State to its first bowl appearance in 11 years and this season the Carindals reached the Top 25 for the first time.";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Art Briles - Baylor","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/Baylor_ArtBriles.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Donna Mcwilliam", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "273", "376", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Art Briles' first taste of college coaching was as Texas Tech's running backs coach in 2000. Over the course of three years he raised the Red Raiders' rushing yards per game from 66.4 to around 100.<br><r/><br>In 2003 Briles became the head coach at Houston. After going 8-26 under the previous regime, Briles led the Cougars to a 7-5 record. He led the Cougars to four bowl appearances (although he left before the fourth) in five years before taking over at Baylor this season.";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Chris Petersen - Boise State","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/BoiseState_ChrisPetersen.vlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "Paul Connors", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "355", "278", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>After stints as an assistant coach with UC Davis, Pittsburgh, Portland State and Oregon, Petersen became the offensive coordinator at Boise State in 2002. He was named head coach of the Broncos on Dec. 16, 2005 and has been successful from the start. <br><r/><br>In his first year as coach, Petersen led the Broncos to and undefeated record and beat Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl, highlighted by improbable hook-and-lateral and Statue of Liberty plays. ";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Bronco Mendenhall - BYU","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/BYU_BroncoMendenhall.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Douglas C. Pizac", "AP", "273", "354", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Mendenhall was an assistant at Oregon State, Northern Arizona, Louisiana Tech and New Mexico before becoming the defensive coordinator at BYU. He took over as head coach in 2005.";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Brian Kelly - Cincinnati","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/Cincinnati_BrianKelly.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Al Behrman", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "273", "251", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Prior to becoming the head coach of Cincinnati in 2006, Kelly was the head coach at Central Michigan, where he was 19-16 in three seasons and at Grand Valley State, where he was 118-35-2 in 13 seasons. He led Grand Valley State to Division II national championships in 2002 and 2003. He won the International Bowl with Cincinnati in his first game as head coach and then was 10-3 in 2007, including a win in the Papajohns.com Bowl.";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","David Cutcliffe - Duke","Cutcliffe's job is to do what four coaches in the post-Steve Spurrier era couldn't: Make those late-season games meaningful for the Blue Devils. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/Duke_DavidCutcliffe.vlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "Gerry Broome", "AP", "358", "250", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Cutcliffe might be best known for coaching Super Bowl MVPs Peyton Manning (Tennessee) and Eli Manning (Ole Miss). He established record-setting offenses at both schools and has a 46-30 record as a head coach. He's also gone 4-for-5 in bowl appearances, most recently winning the Cotton Bowl in 2003. This is his first season with the Blue Devils.";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Pat Hill - Fresno State","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/FresnoState_PatHill.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Mark J. Terrill", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "273", "382", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Hill took on the coaching job at Fresno State in 1997, where he had previously served as the offensive line coach from 1984-89. He's known for his \"Play anybody, anytime, anywhere\" attitude. He has reached a bowl appearance in eight of his past nine seasons.";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Paul Johnson - Georgia Tech","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/GaTech_PaulJohnson.vlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "John Bazemore", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "322", "278", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Johnson's first head coaching job was at Georgia Southern, where the Eagles captured Division I-AA championships in 1999 and 2000. He is one of four coaches to record 50 wins in their first four seasons as coach at the Division I level. Johnson moved on to Navy in 2002. He led the Midshipmen to a 45-29 record and led them to bowl appearances in five of his six full seasons as coach. He left for Georgia Tech at the end of the 2007 season.";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Rich Brooks - Kentucky","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/Kentucky_RichBrooks.vlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "James Crisp", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "353", "278", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Brooks has been a head coach since 1977. He was at the helm for Oregon for 18 seasons, going 89-111-4, including a Rose Bowl appearance in his final season in 1994. <br><r/><br>Brooks then moved on to the NFL as head coach of the St. Louis Rams for two seasons and then moved on to become an assistant for the Atlanta Falcons for four seasons. After two years away from the game, Brooks was hired at Kentucky and won the Music City Bowl last year.";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Mark Dantonio - Michigan State","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/MichState_MarkDantonio.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Al Goldis", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "273", "345", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Before going to Michigan State, Dantonio was the coach at Cincinnati. He was 18-17 in his three years there and scored a major upset win in 2006 over then-undefeated and No. 7 ranked Rutgers. He went 7-6 in his first season with the Spartans and appeared in the Champs Sports Bowl. ";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Gary Pinkel - Missouri","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/Missouri_GaryPinkel.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "L.g. Patterson", "AP", "273", "438", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Pinkel was an assistant with Kent State, Washington and Bowling Green before becoming the head coach at Toledo in 1991. He was 73-37-3, guiding the Rockets to one bowl appearance, a win in the Las Vegas Bowl in 1995 when the team was 11-0-1.<br><r/><br>He took over at Missouri in 2001 and has four bowl appearances in seven years. Last season, the Tigers were 12-2, including a win in the Cotton Bowl. Pinkel also ended the Tigers' 25-year losing streak to Nebraska in 2003 with a 41-24 win. ";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Pat Fitzgerald - Northwestern","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/Northwestern_PatFitzgerald.vlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "Paul Beaty", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "352", "278", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>When Fitzgerald took over at Northwestern in 2006 at age 31, he became the youngest coach in the Big Ten and in NCAA Division I-A. He already had ties to the Wildcats, starring for them at linebacker in the mid 1990's.";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Mike Riley - Oregon State","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/OregonState_MikeRiley.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Carolyn Kaster", "AP", "273", "332", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Riley started off as an assistant coach at California and Whitworth. He was then the defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Linfield College. Riley moved on to the Canadian Football League before returning to the college ranks in 1993 as an assistant at USC. <br><r/><br>Riley left for Oregon State in 1997. He was 8-14 in two seasons for the Beavers before becoming head coach of the NFL's San Diego Chargers. He was fired after three seasons and became an assistant for the New Orleans Saints. After one season there, Riley returned to Oregon State. He has gone 39-25 in five seasons since returning and has won four of five bowl games. The Beavers knocked off the No. 1 ranked USC Trojans this season.";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Jim Leavitt - South Florida","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/SouthFlorida_JimLeavitt.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Chris O'meara", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "273", "447", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Leavitt is the only head coach in South Florida's history. He has guided the Bulls into the Football Bowl Subdivision, into Conference USA and now into the Big East. In 2005, Leavitt's Bulls played their 100th game and first-ever bowl game in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. In 2006 he led the Bulls to their first ever bowl win against East Carolina in the Papajohns.com Bowl.";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Jim Harbaugh - Stanford","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/Stanford_JimHarbough.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Paul Sakuma", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "273", "331", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Harbaugh played quarterback for Michigan, finishing in the top five in passing attempts, completions, completion percentage, passing yards and touchdown passes for the Wolverines. He went on to the NFL, playing for Chicago, Indianapolis, Baltimore, San Diego and Carolina. <br><r/><br>Harbough went on to become an assistant at Western Kentucky before becoming the head coach at the University of San Diego. He led the Toreros to a 29-6 record in three seasons before moving on to Stanford. He went 4-8 in his first season with the Cardinal.";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Gary Patterson - TCU","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/TCU_GaryPatterson.vlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "Eric Gay", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "358", "267", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Patterson has taken a long and circuitous route to TCU. He was an assistant at Kansas State, Tennessee Tech, UC Davis, Cal Lutheran, Pittsburgh State, Sonoma State, Utah State, Navy and New Mexico before becoming the defensive coordinator for the Horned Frogs. He took over as head coach in 2000 and has led TCU to seven bowl appearances in eight years.";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Todd Graham - Tulsa","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/Tulsa_ToddGraham.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Ann Heisenfelt", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "273", "370", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Graham's first job in the college ranks was as the linebackers coach for West Virginia. He worked his way up to co-defensive coordinator before becoming defensive coordinator at Tulsa. He landed the Rice head coaching job in 2006. One year later he was back at Tulsa, but this time as head coach. He went 10-4 in his first year with the Golden Hurricane, including a win in the GMAC Bowl. ";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Randy Edsall - UConn","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/UConn_RandyEdsall.vlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "Ed Reinke", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "358", "261", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Edsall took over as coach at the end of 1998 and led the Huskies from Division I-AA into Division I-A. UConn was the first school to make this move and also become a member of a BCS conference (Big East). Edsall led the Huskies to a Big East co-championship in 2007 and an appearance in the Meineke Car Care Bowl. ";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Kyle Wittingham - Utah","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/Utah_KyleWittingham.vlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "Jack Dempsey", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "358", "245", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Wittingham was the Utes' defensive coordinator for 10 seasons before taking over as head coach in 2004 when Urban Meyer left for Florida. He has gone 3-for-3 in bowl appearances, most recently defeating Navy in the Poinsettia Bowl. ";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Bobby Johnson - Vanderbilt","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/Vanderbilt_BobbyJohnson.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Mark Humphrey", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "273", "394", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Johnson's first foray into coaching college football came as an assistant at Furman. He became the defensive coordinator in 1983 and eventually took the same position at Clemson 10 years later. One year after that, he returned to Furman as head coach. After guiding the Paladins to a 60-36 record, Johnson became the head coach at Vanderbilt and has the Commodores in good postition to reach a bowl game.";

spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i++] = new Array("","Bret Bielema - Wisconsin","","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Sections/Personal/Williams%2C%20Ed/Photos/Underrated%20coaches/Wisconsin_BrettBieliema.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Andy Manis", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "273", "459", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_FBC_UnderratedCoaches[i-1].body = "<headline/><br>Bielema was an assistant at Iowa from 1993-2001 and then moved on to become the co-defensive coordinator for Kansas State in 2002. He took the same position at Wisconsin in 2004 before becoming the head caoch in 2006. He led the Badgers to a 12-1 record in his first season, including a win at the Capital One Bowl. Last season, the Badgers went 9-4 and appeared in the Outback Bowl. ";

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