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Chip Kelly is currently the of the . Before joining the 49ers, Chip was the head coach of the from 2013 to 2015. Prior to coaching in the NFL, he was the head coach for the Oregon Ducks from 2009 to 2012, and led them to four consecutive BCS bowl game appearances.

He began his coaching career in 1990 at , where he was secondary and special teams coach for the freshman team. The next year he coached the varsity outside linebackers and strong safeties. In 1992, Chip moved to the University of New Hampshire to coach the running backs. One season as at Johns Hopkins was followed by his return to the University of New Hampshire for as the running backs coach for 1994–96 and offensive line coach for the 1997 and 1998 seasons. He acted as offensive coordinator at New Hampshire from 1999–2006. In 2004, the Wildcats' offenses broke 29 offensive school records, compiling 5,446 yards of total offense and scoring 40 or more points in seven games.

Starting as the ’s offensive coordinator in 2007, Kelly became head coach in 2009. Kelly coached the University of Oregon to BCS games in each of his four seasons as head coach, three consecutive outright conference championships from 2009–2011, and a conference division title in 2012. Oregon won its second consecutive BCS bowl game after they defeated #5 Kansas State in the 2013 Fiesta Bowl.

He was named the 2009 and 2010 Pac-10 Coach of the Year, 2010 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, 2010 Walter Camp Coach of the Year, 2010 Sporting News Coach of the Year, 2010 AFCA Coach of the Year Award and 2010 Coach of the Year.

In 2007, Troy Calhoun embraced the mission of the Air Force Academy to accomplish what was once considered nearly impossible: building a service academy program that often earns a postseason bid while playing in one of college football’s best conferences. In seven of Calhoun’s eight years, Air Force has been to a bowl.

Calhoun is the only coach in the history of service academy team ball sports to lead teams to a post-season bid six consecutive years. His 2009 Air Force squad was the only team in the last 50 years of service academy football to play at least four ranked teams and win a bowl game in the same season.

Calhoun brought to Air Force a wealth of experience at collegiate and professional levels. In 2006, he was offensive coordinator and coach for the Houston Texans. Prior to that, Calhoun served the Denver Broncos as a defensive assistant, special teams assistant and offensive assistant from 2003-05.

Calhoun began his coaching career at Air Force as a graduate assistant from 1989-90. He started at for the Academy in 1986 and was one of only two freshmen to letter for the 1985 team.

While on active duty officer in the Air Force from 1989-95, Troy was also the recruiting coordinator and junior varsity offensive coordinator from 1993 – 1994. He moved to Ohio University in 1995 as quarterbacks coach for two seasons, and then offensive coordinator from 1997 - 2000. In 2001, Troy went to Wake Forest. During his second season there, Wake led the ACC in total offense with 408.1 yards per game.

Chris Creighton is the head football coach at Eastern Michigan University, a position he has held since the 2014 season. Previously, Creighton served as the head coach at Ottawa University in Kansas from 1997 to 2000 and at Indiana’s Wabash College from 2001 to 2007 before moving to Drake University in Des Moines for the 2008 through 2013 seasons.

Following his graduation from Kenyon College in 1991, Creighton worked as offensive coordinator at Concordia University and earned his master’s degree there in 1993. He then played quarterback for Sweden's Limhamn Griffins, where he also served as head coach as the Griffins won Sweden's championship.

Creighton's first domestic head coaching job was at Ottawa University from 1997 to 2000. In those four seasons, his teams went 32–9 and won the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference championship in 1997 and 2000. As head football coach for the Ottawa University Braves he ranked fourth in total wins and first in winning percentage (.780).

Creighton was then the head football coach for Wabash College from 2001 to 2007. His career coaching record at Wabash was 63-15, ranking him third in school history in total wins and fifth in winning percentage (.808). In 2007, Creighton was named the head football coach at Drake University.

During his distinguished career, Creighton has always taken great pride in the student-athlete experience. He has taken his teams on three Global Football overseas trips, including a 2011 trip to Tanzania, and visits to Austria and Panama while head coach at Division III Wabash.

Patrick Steenberge is a former quarterback who played at the University of Notre Dame. He is currently the owner and operator of Global Football, which organizes competitive events for amateur athletes worldwide, allowing them the chance to experience the Global Classroom and play in the Global Stadium. During the past two decades, Global Football has been the largest exporter of , having produced games and events in 23 countries on 6 continents since 1996. He previously served as Director of Corporate Development for the National Cutting Horse Association in Fort Worth, Texas.

Steenberge was named Notre Dame’s starting quarterback at the beginning of the 1971 season, after playing in 8 games in 1970, including the Cotton Bowl victory over Texas. He won his only two starts - a 50-7 rout of Northwestern and an 8-7 comeback-victory over Purdue - before he was sideline by a leg injury.

Over the years, Steenberge has remained very active in the Notre Dame athletics program. In 2003 he created the highly successful Notre Dame Football Fantasy Camp, benefiting the ND Monogram Club, and produced the event through 2008. In 2009 he worked with Coach to take an alumni team to play the Japanese National team in the Notre Dame Japan Bowl. In addition, he has a daughter and son who both graduated and earned varsity letters at Notre Dame, in swimming and track respectively.

Steenberge has organized other events such as the NFL Global Junior Championship at the Super Bowl (1997-2007), the Aztec Bowl/Bowl of Stars in Mexico (1997-present), the Global Ireland Football Tournament (GIFT) and the 2011 Global Kilimanjaro Bowl, in addition to annual tours and games in England, France, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Germany, Spain, Italy, Panama and Mexico.

He has partnered with the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA), NFL International, NFL Europe, Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc., European Federation of American Football (EFAF) and American Football Federation of Japan. In 2013, Patrick was appointed a U.S. Goodwill Ambassador of Tourism for Tanzania.