Tony Dungy is an American former professional football safety and coach. Born in Jackson, Michigan, in 1955, he played quarterback at the University of Minnesota and then safety in the National Football League for the Pittsburgh Steelers and other clubs. He is best known as a head coach, serving for 13 seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Indianapolis Colts and taking his teams to the playoffs in all but two of those years. His Colts won Super Bowl XLI, which made him the first African American head coach to win the title. He popularised the Tampa 2 defensive scheme, retired from coaching after the 2008 season, later worked as a television analyst and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016.
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is an American former professional football safety and coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts
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is an American former professional football safety and coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts
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His best season was in 1978, when he intercepted six passes and won a championship ring with the Steelers in Super Bowl XIII.
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is an American former professional football safety and coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts
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is an American former professional football safety and coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts
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After going undrafted, Dungy signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers as a free agent and was converted to defensive back, going on to play three seasons in the NFL
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