On This Day In Black History Oct 6 First African American head coach to win the Super Bowl born (1955)

First African American head coach to win the Super Bowl born (1955)

Anthony Kevin Dungy (Born October 6, 1955) is an American former football player 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. Dungy's teams became perennial postseason contenders under his leadership, missing the playoffs only twice with Tampa Bay. He led the Colts to victory in Super Bowl XLI over the Chicago Bears, making him the first African-American head coach to win the Super Bowl.

Dungy played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and played in the NFL as a safety. He began his head coaching tenure in 1996 with the Buccaneers, a franchise regarded as the league's worst, and was successfully able to turn the team's image.

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