PICTURE OF THE DAY

ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS. Tony Dungy is retiring. He became the first black coach to win a Super Bowl, the first to make 10 straight playoff appearances, the first to win 12 games in six straight seasons. His regular-season winning percentage of .668 is fifth all-time among coaches with at least 100 wins and his 10.7 regular-season wins per year is the best among that group, too.

Dungy is the franchise career wins leader at both Tampa Bay (54) and Indianapolis (85). In 13 seasons, Dungy went 148-79, won six division titles and appeared in three conference championship games—one in the NFC and two in the AFC.

Dungy entered the league as an assistant in 1981 and got his first head coaching job in 1996 for the Bucs. He used the opportunity to help open doors for young coaches and minority candidates. Graduates from his Buccaneers staff include Kansas City coach Herm Edwards, Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, Chicago’s Lovie Smith and former Detroit coach Rod Marinelli. And now Indy’s new head coach Jim Caldwell.
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