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Tony Dungy

Anthony Kevin "Tony" Dungy was born October 6, 1955 in Jackson, Michigan.  Dungy attended Parkside High School, where he played guard position on the basketball team and the quarterback position on the football team

Dungy was recruited by University of Minnesota coach Cal Stoll. Dungy played for the Golden Gophers from 1973 to 1976. He entered the starting lineup as a quarterback during his freshman year and after playing for four years finished as Minnesota's career leader in pass attempts (576), completions (274), touchdown passes (25), and passing yards (3,577). He also finished fourth in career total offense in the Big Ten Conference. He received Minnesota's Most Valuable Player award twice. Dungy also played basketball as a freshman.

Dungy's career has included several notable firsts. Among them, Dungy is the first NFL head coach to defeat all 32 NFL teams.He was also the youngest assistant coach at age 25 and the youngest coordinator at age 28 in NFL history. Dungy was the 1st black head coach to win the Super Bowl (with the Colts' victory over the Bears in 2007). He was however the 3rd black head coach to win a pro football championship in North America, behind Darren Arbet of the San Jose Sabercats (Arena Football League) who won ArenaBowl XVI in 2002 and Pinball Clemons of the Toronto Argonauts (Canadian Football League) who won the 92nd Grey Cup in 2004.

Check out the footage below of the Colts bringing home the championship.

Check the footage below where Dungy becomes the first African American coach to answer "I'm going to Disney World" when asked the now-traditional post superbowl win question:

Dungy also became the 6th man to play in a Super Bowl and be the head coach of a Super Bowl team. He joins Dan Reeves, Sam Wyche, Mike Ditka, Forrest Gregg and Tom Flores. After the win in Super Bowl XLI, Dungy became the 3rd man to win Super Bowls both as a player and a head coach, following Ditka and Flores.

"Our young men today are falling into a trap... Society is telling them material success is what's important, but if we buy into that idea, we can spend a lifetime chasing that success and never really have the positive impact on people that would make our lives truly significant."

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