It's true. There is a higher calling in life than being a football coach. When you are the head coach and leader of a family also, it leaves you at a crossroad. Accomplishing a world championship is something special, but the true value of family in your life is so much greater.
Tony Dungy, who led the Indianapolis Colts to a Super Bowl 41 victory, has retired from coaching. He finally gets to go home. Like a player after a hard-fought game, Dungy left it all on the field. An all-around class act, he embraces all of his colleagues, as well as opposing coaches. He had done everything he could with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Colts. If you look at everything he has done, he was a very successful man.
It was absolutely heartbreaking when Dungy lost his son, James, to an apparent suicide. For a man who is so humble, and for one who loves his family, it would bring such an unbearable pain. He might not have left just because of the loss of his son, but perhaps it is the realization that family means more than football. Besides, at age 53, he now has time to watch his children grow up.
We have seen a lot from the man. His work outside of football showed us what quality of character he is. Indianapolis will miss Dungy. The state and its supporters will miss him. All of football will miss the man with quiet strength, as he rides off into the sunset with his loved ones.
Thank you for all that you have done, good sir.
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