Bobby Bowden gave Manny Diaz the first break of his career, adding him as a graduate assistant to the Florida State coaching staff for the 1998-1999 season. Over two decades later, he’s now the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils, and the lessons Bowden instilled in him have stuck alwayswith him over the years. Similar stories can be told throughout Diaz’s various stops leading up to him becoming the leader of a program for the first time in his career. The first-year head coach went through the list of the most influential mentors in his life that led up to that moment during his appearance on…