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Kubiak, Rivera are NFL coaching survivors

Denver’s Gary Kubiak and Carolina’s Ron Rivera are NFL coaching survivors.

The former players and assistant coaches, who reached the Super Bowl in their previous football lives, will cross paths when they take the field Sunday as head coaches in Super Bowl 50.

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Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera, right, shakes hands with Cam Newton, left, before an NFL football game against the Washington Redskins

Kubiak suffered a mini-stroke while working the sidelines as the head coach of the Houston Texans in a game against the Colts in 2013. He later was fired.