This really is a retirement, but I am smart enough to know a lot of guys have said that and come back. If someone had told her I was going to write a book, she would never have believed that. “You never know what’s going to happen,” Dungy said. Caldwell was the coach at Wake Forest for eight seasons before becoming Dungy’s quarterbacks coach at Tampa Bay in 2001 and then following him to the Colts in 2002.ĭungy, 53, did not entirely close the door on returning, a caveat that is sure to ignite speculation each time an appealing job opens. Jim Caldwell, the Colts’ associate head coach, had already been designated as Dungy’s replacement. Dungy has frequently said that when he retired it would be for good, and he is expected to recede into a quieter life with his family in Florida and work with a prison ministry. Tony Dungy, the first African-American football coach to win the Super Bowl and one of the most successful coaches in history, retired Monday, narrowly missing his own promise that he would not coach past 50.
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