Tony & Lauren Dungy - Uncommon Influence

Dream Big Podcast with Bob Goff and Friends

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🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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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 has also worked with Basket of Hope, Impact for Living, the Black Coaches Association National Convention, Indiana Black Expo, the United Way of Central Indiana, and the American Diabetes Association. 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 eleven children.

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0:00.0	And everybody, welcome to the dream big podcast. And we always have a blast on this thing.
0:14.3	But today is going to be awfully fun because Tony and Lauren Dungee are joining us.
0:20.8	And they are people that have made a huge and lasting impact in the world for a whole
0:26.6	bunch of reasons. But I wanted for you to meet some people that not only myself with
0:33.2	so many other people look up to. Tony and Lauren, welcome to the podcast. I'm so glad
0:37.8	to join in us. Thank you for having us. Yes. Thanks so much, Bob. We're looking forward
0:42.3	to it as well. Well, that two of you have been married for a minute or two. How long is
0:48.3	that been? Actually, in June, it'll be 40 years.
0:52.5	That's so awesome. Can we have a half a decade? Yes. So now everybody that's driving and listening
1:00.4	to this, they're saying like, wow, I wasn't even made then. And you guys started this amazing
1:06.9	adventure together. Tell us a little bit about each of you and the adventure for the people
1:12.1	that haven't been introduced to you before. The adventure you've been on individually and
1:17.5	together. And then I want to talk about some of the things that are up to date, what you're
1:21.6	doing right now. Well, as you mentioned, it's been together for the last 40 years. But I started
1:28.2	out, grew up in a little small town, automotive town in Michigan. My parents were teachers, but I got
1:34.8	interested in athletics, became a football basketball player went to the University of Minnesota,
1:41.2	and then eventually to the Pittsburgh Steelers. And that's where I met Lauren in Pittsburgh.
1:46.8	And I grew up in Pittsburgh. As Tony said, grew up in a wonderful household, lots of kids. So it was
1:54.6	obvious that I was going to have a career with children. So I taught school in the Pittsburgh
2:00.5	area for a number of years. Met Tony, we married as we said earlier, 40 years. And we decided very
2:08.8	early in our marriage that we were going to do fostering an adoption. So we have done that.
2:13.8	Today, we have 15 kids in our home. But then the number fluctuates. It depends on any given day.
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