One year after he was let go buy the Bucs, the team won Super Bowl XXXVII over the Oakland Raiders with Jon Gruden as head coach.Īfter being hired as head coach by the Indianapolis Colts, Dungy quietly built up the defensive side of the ball. He was, most would say, unfairly fired by the Buccaneers as they seemed to feel he was not going to get them past the playoffs and to the Super Bowl. He rebuilt the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from a lousy team to a championship caliber team but could never quite get the wins in the playoffs to reach the Super Bowl. His style, by all accounts, is a quiet, understated approach that has certainly worked well for him. He is also not the stereotypical coach who screams, yells, and cusses at his players when they make mistakes or in an attempt to fire them up or get the best out them. He is no Bill Parcel’s who often demeans his players, sometimes in public, to motivate them. His approach to coaching football is certainly unique. This memoir is about how Coach Dungy applies his Christian faith to not only his coaching in professional football, but to his life off the field as well. He finally got over the hump by winning Super Bowl XLI over the Chicago Bears behind Peyton Manning and the feisty play of strong safety Bob Sanders. As a head coach he lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the brink of a championship before being let go. Tony Dungy has been in the National Football League as a coach for many years. Tony Dungy is a rather unique and inspiring person. Also features a foreword by Denzel Washington and a 16-page color-photo insert. The softcover edition of this #1 New York Times best-seller includes a new chapter! In it, Coach reflects on the 2007 football season and last year's successful hardcover release of Quiet Strength.

How is it possible for a coach-especially a football coach-to win the respect of his players and lead them to the Super Bowl without the screaming histrionics, the profanities, and the demand that the sport come before anything else? How is it possible for anyone to be successful without compromising faith and family? In this inspiring and reflective memoir, now updated with a new chapter, Coach Dungy tells the story of a life lived for God and family-and challenges us all to redefine our ideas of what it means to succeed. Tony Dungy's words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victory in Super Bowl XLI, the first for an African American coach.

Quiet strength by tony dungy