Tony Dungys Bio Anthony Kevin dunie was born on October 6th 1955 and raised in Jackson Michigan to Wilbur dunie born in 1926 and died in 2004 a science professor at Jackson college and Cleo made duny born in 1920 and died in 2002 who taught Shakespeare at Jackson High School Wilber dungi served as a pilot in the Army Air Forces during World War II with the fame Tuskegee Airman after graduating from Parkside High School in 19 73 dumi played college football at the University of Minnesota and was the gopher's most valuable player at quarterback in 1975 and 1976 in 1977 he was awarded the Big 10 Medal of Honor recognizing one student athlete from the graduating class of each Big 10 member school for demonstrating joint athletic and academic Excellence throughout their college career Anthony Kevin dungi is a former American football safety and Coach who served as a head coach coach in the National Football League NFL for 13 Seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts his teams became perennial postseason contenders under his leadership missing the Playoffs only twice with Tampa Bay he led the Colts to victory in Super Bowl 41 making him the first africanamerican head coach to win the Super Bowl dun began his head coaching tenure in 1996 with the Buccaneers a franchise regarded as one of the League's worst through implementation of the Tampa 2 defensive scheme he brought new success to the Buccaneers leading them to four playoff appearances in six seasons he was fired after the 2001 playoffs due to frequent postseason struggles but is credited with constructing the team that won Super Bowl 37 the following year after his departure from Tampa Bay he served as the Colts head coach for Seven Seasons qualifying for the playoffs in each his greatest success occurred with the Colts Super Bowl winning season in 20 2006 the franchise's first in over three decades and the first since relocating to Indianapolis he retired from coaching following the 2008 season since retiring dung has served as an analyst on NBC's football night in America he is also the national spokesman for the fatherhood program All Pro Dad he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016 Tony duny stands at a height of 6 ft or 1.83 m Tony Dungys Personal Life about Tony duni personal life duni is an Evangelical Christian and at one point in his coaching career considered leaving football for the prison ministry throughout his career he has remained involved with community service organizations dungi is married to Lauren Tony Dungys Community Service dungi the couple have 11 children three biological children and eight adopted children their oldest son died by Suicide at age 18 outside of Tampa in 2005 Dum G's tenure in Tampa Bay as the head coach of the Buccaneers brought greater attention to his personal accomplishments outside of sports he has been active in many community service organizations in the cities in which he has coached while in Tampa Bay dumi worked as a public speaker for the fellowship of Christian athletes and Athletes In Action he began a mentoring program for young people called mentors for life and provided Buccaneers tickets for the participants he also supported other charitable programs in the area such as Big brothers/big Sisters Boys and Girls Club the prison Crusade Ministry Foster parenting organizations and family first he continues to assist big brothers/big sisters and the boys and girls club in Indianapolis he also supports the black coaches association National Convention and Indiana Black Expo after Michael Sam an openly gate player was drafted by the St Louis Rams in the 2014 NFL draft dun said he would not have drafted Sam saying not because I don't believe Michael Sam should have a chance to play but I wouldn't want to deal with all of it the comment Drew criticism from some who viewed it as homophobic following a backlash duny clarified his remarks saying that he gave an honest answer to a question and that his concern would be with media coverage over Sam if he had been the players's coach dun has also expressed opposition to same-sex marriage in 2023 duny shared and later deleted and apologized for sharing the litter boxes in school's hoax on his Twitter account the ACT drew a rebuke from an NBC Sports spokesperson and Drew attention to past anti-lgbtq statements by dungi but the network kept dungi on his regularly scheduled broadcast assignments duni is also opposed to abortion and he served as a keynote speaker at the 2023 March for Life on September 6th 2007 the Indianapolis Star reported that the Davey Brown index DBI an independent celebrity rating service for advertisers placed dumy in the top 15 of the 900 actors musicians TV personalities and sports celebrities it ranks for overall appeal putting him on a level with actors such as Tom Hanks and Morgan Freeman among sports figures he ranked second to Hank Aaron on February 27th 2008 Indiana Wesleyan University honored dumi in a ceremony where he was inducted into iwu society of World Changers duni also received an honorary doctorate of Humane letters from the University since retirement duni has become an informal mentor to the formerly suspended NFL player Michael Vic counseling him during his incarceration serving as his advocate in trying to get a team to have him on the roster the Philadelphia Eagles later signed Vic to the team Tony duni has also made significant contributions to philanthropic causes Tony and his wife Tony Dungys Philanthropy Lauren dungi extend their love for family beyond their biological children through the dungi Family Foundation they focus on improving the lives of children in need their initiatives include mentoring programs education and Community Support positively impacting countless lives Tony dungi actively participates in charitable Endeavors Beyond coaching and writing he has been involved with various organizations including all proad a fatherhood focused program big Brothers Big Sisters a mentoring organization and boys and girls club supporting Youth Development after retiring from coaching dung G embraced the flexibility that retirement afforded him he dedicated himself to charitable causes particularly those focused on children families education and his Christian faith his foundation's work reflects his commitment to making a positive impact in these areas Tony dung's Journey exemplifies how success can be leveraged to benefit others and his philanthropic efforts continue to inspire many about Tony dunie coaching Tony Dungy Coaching Career career after being cut by the New York Giants and training camp before the 1980 season duny returned to Minnesota as defensive backfield coach he took the same position with the Steelers in 1982 and was promoted in 1984 to defensive coordinator following a 5 to1 season in 1988 Steelers owner Dan Rooney forced head coach chug n to make changes to his coaching staff which included demoting dungi back to defensive backs coach duni became an NFL head coach when he was hired by Rich McKay to reform the Tampa Bay Buccaneers a team then well known for its lack of success on January 22nd 1996 dungi installed his version of the cover two defense with defensive coordinator Monty kein with a few new wrinkles the result was the now famous Tampa 2 though dungi openly admitted it was based on Concepts he had picked up from his days in Pittsburgh on January 22nd 2002 dunie was hired as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts a team that at the time was very potent offensively but very weak defensively he installed his Tampa two defense immediately and continued to retool the Colts defense to his liking during his tenure after joining the Colts dungi left the high-powered offense previously installed there by Jim MOA and both playing style and in personnel virtually unchanged duni was reunited with Tom Moore who was retained as offensive coordinator Moore and duni had previously worked together at Minnesota and Pittsburgh on offense Tony dunie strategy involved a conservative ball control offense based primarily around running the ball and short high percentage passes when he was at Tampa Bay at Indianapolis he inherited and kept the offense designed by offensive coordinator Tom Moore because the offense was in the hands of someone he knew and trusted Dum stresses that coaches are essentially teachers his Protege Lovey Smith observed we talked about how to do it being a teacher instead of screaming and yelling all that stuff I think as you look to Young coaches coming up in the ranks a lot of us have a picture of how a coach is supposed to be how he is supposed to act and I think what Tony dungi showed me is you don't have to act that way Dum opposes the use of replay review in the NFL in 1997 after a failed vote by NFL owners to reinstate instant replay dun said that he would have favored replay if it were applicable to all calls and if it were not associated with the team's timeouts the Tampa Bay Times described Dum is vehemently opposed to replay in 2003 after the league had resumed using it NBC Sports hired Dum in 2009 as a broadcast analyst for programming related to Sunday Night Football Dum was hired at the same time as Rodney Harrison and the two have appeared with other analysts on football night in America NBC's pregame show for SNF in addition to his Studio analyst duties Dum has joined Mike Tio in the broadcast booth for Live Action of Thanksgiving Day games he called The Jaguars Chargers wildcard playoff game in January 2023 with Al Michaels the broadcast attracted criticism from fans who felt that Michaels and dumy were not energetic enough Michaels defended the Brock calling the criticism that he had read Internet compost in August 2007 Tony Dungy Presidential Appointment President George W bush appointed dongj a member of the president's Council on service and civic participation the 25 member Council represents leaders from government business entertainment Athletics and nonprofit organizations committed to Growing the spirit of service and civic participation the two-year appointment requires attendance at two in-person meetings per year and quarterly phone conversations with assigned committees after receiving the call from President Bush Dum remarked it was something that was really hard to believe certainly when you go into football coaching you are not expecting to get Presidential appointments to anything dung's Memoir quiet strength the principles practices and priorities of a winning life was released on July 10th 2007 and reached number one on the hardcover non-fiction section of the New York Times bestseller list on August 5th 20 7 and again on September 99th 2007 Tindle House Publishers said it was the first NFL related book ever ranked number one when asked why he wrote quiet strength dumi said about Tony dumy house Tony Dungy House Tony dumi the former head coach of the Indianapolis Colts has made his offseason home in Tampa Florida for the past 25 years he resides there with his wife Lauren and their 11 children a mix of three biological children and eight adopted children Tampa being the largest city in the Tampa Bay Region provides a comfortable and welcoming environment for the dungi family additionally Tony dungi also has a house in Carmel Indiana where he served as the Indianapolis Colts head coach his home in Caramel reflects his successful career in football and his commitment to Family Life Tony dungi boasts an estimated net worth of around $14 million thanks so much for watching our video please like share to your friends and also subscribe to our Channel