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Navy out-played and out-coached No. 15 Memphis

Memphis head coach Justin Fuente is the hottest name in the business these days. You can bet that numerous schools in the so-called Power Five conferences will be pursuing Fuente, who has directed a dramatic turnaround of a downtrodden program at Memphis.

Fuente deserves all the attention he's receiving, but guess what? The 39-year-old hotshot got thoroughly out-coached by Navy's Ken Niumatalolo on Saturday night at the Liberty Bowl.

Niumatalolo and his staff devised a tremendous gameplan and the Midshipmen executed it to perfection in pulling off an impressive 45-20 upset of the Tigers, who were 15th in the Associated Press poll and No.