Two of football’s rising coaching stars, Rex Ryan and Mike Tomlin, will go head to head Sunday when the New York Jets meet the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship game. Who better to talk about them than Kentucky co-defensive coordinator Rick Minter?Minter will be on ESPN First Take on Friday on ESPN2 at approximately 10:50 a.m. to discuss the two coaches and their path to the AFC Championship game.Now you might be thinking, “Why in the world is a Kentucky assistant coach the person to talk to about two coaches vying for a Super Bowl berth?” Before Ryan and Tomlin made their way to the NFL, Minter gave the two one of their first significant coaching opportunities at Cincinnati. In the midst of rebuilding the Bearcat football program from 1994-2003 as head coach, Minter hired several notable coaches on his staff, including Ryan, who served as Cincinnati’s defensive coordinator, and Tomlin, who served as a defensive backs coach. Ironically, Tomlin actually replaced UK football head coach Joker Phillips as the defensive backs coach in 1999 after Phillips moved on to become the wide receivers coach at Minnesota.Minter’s coaching tree at UC was extremely impressive. In addition to Ryan, Tomlin and Phillips, current Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh (special teams coach) and current Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher (offensive coordinator) served as assistants under Minter.The first-year UK co-defensive coordinator is expected to go on ESPN First Take to talk about the two head coaches, their styles and what he remembers from them at UC. ESPN First Take, with hosts Jay Crawford and Dana Jacobson, airs weekdays from 10 a.m. to noon on ESPN2.