Tony Dungy, Pro Football Hall of Fame Coach

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5 • 661 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Episode 233

Tony Dungy is a #1 New York Times bestselling author whose books include Quiet Strength, Uncommon, The Mentor Leader, and Uncommon Marriage. 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 consecutive years. Dungy joined the Colts in 2002 after serving as the most successful head coach in Tampa Bay Buccaneers history. He has also held assistant coaching positions with the University of Minnesota, Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs, and Minnesota Vikings. Before becoming a coach, he played three seasons in the NFL. Dungy was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016.

Dungy has been involved in a wide variety of charitable organizations, including All Pro Dad, Abe Brown Ministries, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Athletes in Action, Mentors for Life, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and Boys & Girls Clubs. He retired from coaching in 2009 and now serves as a studio analyst for NBC’s Football Night in America. He and his wife, Lauren, are the parents of ten children.

His latest book, "The Soul of a Team" is out now and tells the story of a fictional football team that goes on to win the Super Bowl after some very difficult trials. The book lays out four essential principles practiced by truly effective teams and shares how it can us all in our places of influence.

On this episode of the podcast, we talk with Coach Dungy about his new book "Soul of a Team," why he decided to go into the world of fiction, what his walk with the Lord looks like today, the state of faith in the NFL, his thoughts on Super Bowl LIII, and why it is important to stand up for his faith.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Sports Spectrum, the Sports and Faith podcast that brings Jesus back into the conversation.
0:17.5	Here's your host, Jason Romano.
0:20.0	This episode of the Sports Spectrum podcast with Pro Football Hall of Famer Tony Dungey
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1:31.7	Today's guest on the podcast, Coach Tony Dungey, the pro football hall of famer and NBC sports
1:37.3	analyst, joins us here on the show today. And this is one of those podcasts that I'm really excited
1:42.7	about because he's been on our bucket list for a while, Coach Dungey. And I'm actually looking at it, surprised that we haven't had him on yet. And finally, we get to have him. And this is his first appearance here on the Sports Spectrum podcast. And Tony Dungey, if you don't know who Coach Dungey is, was an NFL head coach for many years with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2:01.3	and the Indianapolis Colts.
2:02.7	Before that, an assistant in the NFL with Pittsburgh and Kansas City and Minnesota, and even
2:08.1	a player way back in the day with the Pittsburgh Steelers where he won a Super Bowl as a player,
2:13.7	Super Bowl 13 in January, 1979. Of course, the first blackhead coach to ever win a
2:20.2	Super Bowl with the Colts, Super Bowl 41 back in January of 2007. He was inducted into the
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