Coach Tony Dungy on Fatherhood
The Michele Tafoya Podcast
Salem Podcast Network
2.4 • 590 Ratings
🗓️ 6 June 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Michele speaks with Tony Dungy, the Hall of Fame coach, about fatherhood in America. Does a father in the home really make a difference? What about kids with two moms or two dads? Tafoya and Dungy cover it all.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to sideline sanity with Michelle Tofoya, sponsored by Legacy Precious Metals. There's never been a better time to invest in precious metals. Visit legacy pm.investments.com. That's legacy pm investments.com. Coming up, Hall of Famer, Tony Dungy. |
| 0:19.7 | For nearly three decades, she's reported the action from the sidelines. |
| 0:24.4 | She started very young. |
| 0:25.7 | She's covered the NBA, NFL, Olympics, and the college football and basketball national championships. |
| 0:32.2 | And now, during these insane times in our world, Michelle Tofoya thinks we need a serious dose of sanity. This is |
| 0:41.8 | sideline sanity with your host, one of the sanest people on planet Earth. Michelle Tofoya. |
| 1:28.3 | Well, welcome to sideline sanity. I am Michelle Tafoya. I moved to Minnesota about, oh gosh, 25 years ago, and I was coming here in part to cover the Minnesota Vikings. And at that time, the defensive coordinator was a gentleman named Tony Dungey. And everyone thought he was next in line to get the Vikings head coaching job. But lo and behold, he wound up in Tampa Bay and then off to Indy with Peyton Mani to win a Super Bowl, and he's now a Hall of Famer. Tony, welcome. I'm so glad you could join me. Hey, Michelle, it is great to be with you, and we do have some great memories. |
| 1:31.5 | Those were good times for me, for sure, coaching with the Vikings. |
| 1:36.2 | Well, you played at the University of Minnesota while my late father-in-law was a coach there. |
| 1:41.5 | I mean, it was so funny when you and I discovered that, because we knew each other before I met my husband my husband. And then you found out, |
| 1:44.4 | Mark Vandersalt. |
| 1:47.0 | Mark was on the sideline. |
| 1:48.4 | Mark was like my boys. |
| 1:50.3 | He was on the sideline from a very young age. |
| 1:52.6 | We just got to know him as Coach Vandersul's son. |
| 1:55.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:56.0 | And I could not believe that you were married to him when we figured that out. |
| 2:01.5 | I know. |
| 2:02.5 | It was a funny coincidence, but I just, I've appreciated our friendship so much over the years, |
| 2:08.8 | and it's stretched all the way till now. |
| 2:10.3 | You're still with NBC. |
| 2:11.2 | I have left to pursue this. |
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