Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy will announce his retirement today, bringing to an end a coaching career that saw him win 148 games and a Super Bowl.Jay Glazer of Fox Sports reports that Dungy has already started making the rounds at the team's headquarters to say goodbye to players and other team employees.
The formal announcement will be made today at 5 p.m. Eastern. Dungy's longtime assistant Jim Caldwell will be introduced as the Colts' new head coach, and Dungy was reportedly motivated to retire now in part because he wanted Caldwell to inherit a strong team.
Although the 53-year-old Dungy is young enough that he could return to the game, all indications are that Dungy is done coaching for good. Dungy has said he would like to do other things with his life -- including starting a prison ministry -- and that when he walks away from the Colts, he's walking away from football forever.
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1-12-2009 @ 12:05PM
Jen said...
Wow, you will be greatly missed, Tony!!! I'm glad the Colts got you a Super Bowl win!!!! We will all miss you!!!
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1-12-2009 @ 6:52PM
C.M. said...
Tony Dungy is a class act. He'll be a tough act to follow. Godspeed, Coach!
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1-12-2009 @ 3:15PM
tom wickware said...
We need more men like tony.We wish him the very best.
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1-12-2009 @ 12:14PM
JIMMY said...
Man, I am so happy but sad. I am a long time BUCS fan. I have always admired coach dungy. But now its time to come back home to TAMPA. Maybe after the BUCS coming up season He will realize how much he misses the game and return to the bucs as a defensive coordinator.
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1-12-2009 @ 12:30PM
gregg thompson said...
Always a classy guy in my mind. Peace and happiness in his retirement.
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1-12-2009 @ 12:40PM
Edward Smith said...
He was an outstanding coach and a real gentleman. He will be missed by his players.
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1-12-2009 @ 12:50PM
Mike said...
Congrats on your retirement. Go Gophers!
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1-12-2009 @ 12:58PM
Robert A. Raya said...
Good luck and a happy retirement to one of the classiest men to walk a sideline. Sports and especially professional football need more people like him. Without trying to be, he became a real role model of not only what a coach should be, but what a man should strive to be. Thanks coach!
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1-12-2009 @ 1:11PM
Sam J said...
Tony, It'll be hard to fill your shoes. We wish you and your family all the the best the future holds.
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1-12-2009 @ 1:29PM
No I In Jesse said...
Well, at least he can look forward to a long career of keynote speaking for radical Christian groups who veil their homophobic/regressive agendas as "focusing on the family."
Uh, good coach though.
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1-12-2009 @ 2:59PM
Everso4970 said...
Awesome Coach and even better Human Being,,,,we will miss you !!!!!!Good Luck to you and your family.
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1-12-2009 @ 3:18PM
Dale said...
Tony Dungy was a class act and a great coach..he will truly be missed in the NFL...Its too bad with everything he is, that some fool would put a negative comment on this site..
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1-12-2009 @ 3:42PM
Steve said...
What a great person the entire NFL is better becuase of him. He will be truely missed, and maybe now the COLTS will have someone to coach and have a defense that can stop the run.
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1-12-2009 @ 4:01PM
mike said...
hall of fame? do all coaches who win a super bowl go to the hall of fame?
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1-23-2009 @ 5:17PM
Wheaton said...
No, but a coach who leads a nfl team to the playoffs more times than any other coach in a row, does...
1-13-2009 @ 8:22PM
T said...
Yippy!
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