Dungy Will Return as Colts’ Coach
January 21, 2008 | 9:42 pm | by t-blender |Rate It:
washington post: The Indianapolis Colts kept their coach yesterday when Tony Dungy said he still wasn’t ready to walk away from the job even after considering retirement for a third straight offseason.
“I’m happy about being back,” Dungy said during a news conference at the Colts’ headquarters. “My family is happy, and hopefully our team and everyone is happy.”
Dungy spent last week pondering his future on the heels of the Colts’ season-ending loss to the San Diego Chargers in the AFC playoffs. He once planned to leave coaching by age 50, but now he’s 52 and still going. Colts owner Jim Irsay and team president Bill Polian formally named the club’s quarterbacks coach, Jim Caldwell, to succeed Dungy when Dungy retires. But Dungy and the Colts left open the possibility that Dungy will continue beyond next season.
“He’s back for not only this season, but perhaps beyond that,” Polian said.
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