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How it started: First jobs in football for all 32 NFL head coaches

The path to NFL head coach is a unique story for all 32 men in those jobs. But almost all of them started at the bottom, where no task is too menial -- fetch coffee, cut up videotape, paint the end zones, even wash the head coach's car. And all of those experiences helped prepare them to reach the pinnacle of their profession.

Our NFL Nation reporters asked all 32 head coaches about their first jobs and what they learned from the experience.

First football job: University of Houston under Kevin Sumlin as the offensive quality control coach in 2008 and 2009

What he learned: Kingsbury learned humility as an offensive quality coach.