Coach Tony Dungy

Title: The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge Authors: Tony Dungy and Nathan Whitaker ISBN: 978-1-4143-3828-5 Suggested Retail:  $15.99 Tony DungyTony Dungy is the #1 New York Times bestselling author ofQuiet Strength, Uncommon, and The Mentor Leader. He led the Indianapolis Colts to Super Bowl victory on February 4, 2007, the first such win for an African American head coach. Dungy established another NFL first by becoming the first head coach to lead his teams to the playoffs for ten...Read Full Story

Image via Wikipedia GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Jan. 30, 2012 /Christian Newswire/ — On Sunday February 5th, churchgoers will not have to wait until the evening to hear commentary from a Super Bowl winning coach. That is because church leaders will be able to play a free downloadable video message featuring Super Bowl winning coach Tony Dungy and his wife Lauren during the typical announcement time of a Sunday worship service. Tony & Lauren Dungy’s video message frames the orphan crisis in our...Read Full Story

The Colts continued to clean house in their coaching ranks today, as the team dumped quarterbacks coach Ron Turner, defensive assistant Rod Perry, coaching assistant Devin Fitzsimmons and linebackers coach Mike Murphy. Turner, Perry and Fitzsimmons were let go while Murphy, who served as interim defensive coordinator in 2011, is retiring. The team also confirmed that receivers coach Frank Reich and offensive line coach Pete Metzelaars will not be back. Defensive line coach John Teerlinck...Read Full Story

Back in August Tony Dungy chimed in on Rex Ryan’s potty mouth on Hark Knocks while on the Dan Patrick Show. “It’s hard for me to be around that,” Dungy said. “If I were in charge, I wouldn’t hire somebody like that. Upon hearing this news, Rex took the initiative and invited Dungy to the Jets facility. Dungy finally made good of the offer and visited with the Jets recently. Here is what he had to say about it on his blog, which is appropriately entitled All Pro Dad: I took Coach Ryan up...Read Full Story

Former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy has been invited to join a White House faith-based advisory council.Dungy publicist Todd Starowitz confirmed today that President Barack Obama had invited the former coach to join the Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He said Dungy had not decided whether to accept.White House deputy press secretary Bill Burton declined comment. The Associated Press left a message for Dungy on his home answering machine.Americans United...Read Full Story

Tony Dungy is busier than ever, even though he's no longer coaching the Indianapolis Colts.In the past few weeks, he has met with former Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick at a federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., been involved with an education project in St. Louis and attended a Fellowship of Christian Athletes function for flood relief in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.On Wednesday, Dungy returned to Indianapolis to be the keynote speaker at a workshop for ex-offenders seeking jobs. That's...Read Full Story

Via the NY Post: Every year Chad Bohling, the Yankees' director of mental conditioning, chairs a late-season team meeting to prepare the club for the postseason. With the Yankees on the verge of clinching a spot in the playoffs their magic number over the Red Sox is three to claim the wild card entry Bohling will gather the Yankees for a motivational session before today's game against the Red Sox at Yankee Stadium. And there is a strong possibility that former Super Bowl winning coach Tony...Read Full Story

New York Daily NewsBuddy Ryan: 'It's none of Dungy's business'Yahoo! SportsRex Ryan's father, Buddy Ryan, didn't take kindly to Tony Dungy's disapproving comments about his son, including a remark that he wouldn't hire the younger Ryan because of his penchant for cursing. During an interview with 97.5 The Fanatic, ...Rex Ryan thinks Tony Dungy 'unfairly judged me' over use of profanityThe Star-Ledger - NJ.comRex Ryan says Dungy "unfairly judged me"ProFootballTalkRex Ryan invites Tony Dungy to...Read Full Story

A Pentecostal bishop who has challenged Democrats on abortion and a representative of a national gay rights group are among nine new members of a White House advisory council.President Barack Obama announced the appointments of Bishop Charles E. Blake and Harry Knox on Monday, filling out a 25-person roster that is part of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.Former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy declined an invitation, citing scheduling conflicts, a White...Read Full Story

A few years back, former Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy decided to become a vocal opponent of marriage equality, pushing his home state to adopt a marriage amendment. And of course he did so from a purely religious perspective, even though what gays are seeking is CIVIL equality: Then for his "courageous" work in positioning gay couples as in opposition to the lord, he was then exalted by groups like Focus on the Family, who even went so far as to throw a banquet in Dungy's honor...Read Full Story