Tony Dungy's Son Dies at the Age of 18

[Perfection]

Dungy's son, 18, found dead in Tampa suburb
Associated Press


TAMPA, Fla. -- James Dungy, the 18-year-old son of Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy, was found dead in a Tampa-area apartment, police said Thursday.


Tony Dungy, left, included his son James in team activities, including this photo op with President Clinton in 2000.
No foul play is suspected, but a cause of death won't be announced pending an autopsy, said Vida Morgan, a secretary in the Hillsborough County sheriff's office.

James Dungy's girlfriend found him when she returned to the Campus Lodge Apartments in Lutz, Fla., the sheriff's office said in a news release on its Web site. Police responded at 1:32 a.m. Thursday and performed CPR on Dungy before he was taken to University Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Tony Dungy has left the Colts and is in Tampa. The Colts (13-1) are at Seattle on Saturday, and team president Bill Polian said that assistant head coach Jim Caldwell has taken over for Dungy.

Indianapolis lost its first game Sunday against the visiting San Diego Chargers, ending what had been a perfect season.

"The thoughts and prayers of everyone in this building are with Tony and [wife] Lauren, their children and their extended family, and for the repose of James' soul," Polian said at a news conference at the Colts' training facility in Indianapolis. "This is a tragedy for the Dungy family and by extension his football family here with the Colts."

Owner Jim Irsay and Polian met with team officials and players to break the news.

"It was not easy, and it was somber, to say the least," Polian said.

Caldwell will take over "for however long Tony will be away and however long he will be away is entirely up to him," Polian added.

"Tony made it clear to me and Jim [Irsay] he wished for the team and organization to carry on. We will. We have the greatest role model there is in Tony. Jim said to the team 'We'll emulate our leader.' "

The coach and his wife, Lauren, have four other children: daughters Tiara and Jade, and sons Eric and Jordan. James was taking extension classes at the University of South Florida, Morgan said.

James Dungy spent his senior year at North Central High School in Indianapolis and graduated this year. C.E. Quandt, the school's principal, said Dungy was a personable student who never flaunted his father's position.

"He just came in and tried to blend in and be a student," Quandt said. "I liked James a lot."

Quandt said Dungy visited North Central a week or two ago to pick up a transcript. He said the death surprised and saddened everyone at the school.

"It kind of diminishes our school family," he said.

James stood 6-foot-7 and was sometimes mistaken for one of his father's players, The Indianapolis Star reported on its Web site. James and his younger brother, Eric, sometimes watched Colts games from the sideline, but they had to earn it by doing well in school.

Fans posted prayers and messages of support for Dungy, who also coached the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, on a message board on a Colts fan Web site.

"Not only was he a great football coach for the Bucs, but he is an even better person," one Tampa Bay fan wrote. "It makes me sick that it happened at this time of year to a person that is so giving and caring."

Dungy was an assistant coach with the Minnesota Vikings from 1992 to 1995, before he became Tampa Bay's head coach.

He began coaching in 1980, as defensive backs coach at the University of Minnesota, his alma mater. He was quarterback for the Gophers from 1973-1976.

[Wild_Elmo]

rip, it's gotta be hard for tony, especially around this time of year.

[K A I N]

^Dipset Bitch


It was suicide.

[Addicted To Cake]

It was suicide.

link?

[eS El Duque]

fuckin shitty =/...R.i.P

[ωεεźγ ғ]

this guy was having sucha great year and it has turned fo the worse, the last couple of weeks have been horrible 

[Perfection]

^Dipset Bitch


It was suicide.

Any particular reason you have this opinion? Or do you just want to be an asshole about the situation?

[Don Seer]

its not an opinion.. its fact.. the news are reporting as an apparent suicide.. took me a second to check.. why dont you do that first next time before jumping on someones ass?

[K A I N]

I was reading his MySpace earlier which is deleted now.

He commited suicide because his preganat g/f wouldn't marry him/spilt up with him according to his MySpace friends.


The guy was a super wanksta, good thing they took down his MySpace.

[Sikotic™]

That's too bad. Rest In Peace.

[Shallow]

I was reading his MySpace earlier which is deleted now.

He commited suicide because he preganat g/f wouldn't marry him/spilt up with him according to his MySpace friends.


The guy was a super wanksta, good thing they took down his MySpace.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

There's no need to throw insults at the kid.


P.S. If I had a daughter that got pregnant I'd force her to marry the father of the baby.

[J Bananas]

he killed himself cuz he had a kid coming? guy is a super wanksta

[Sikotic™]

I was reading his MySpace earlier which is deleted now.

He commited suicide because he preganat g/f wouldn't marry him/spilt up with him according to his MySpace friends.


The guy was a super wanksta, good thing they took down his MySpace.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

There's no need to throw insults at the kid.


P.S. If I had a daughter that got pregnant I'd force her to marry the father of the baby.

What if he's abusive or just a total loser? It won't benefit your daughter and definitely not the kid.

[K A I N]

This was his bio on his myspace...

Tall, Dark, Niggerish and but on the real tip, i'm a 6'7.1/2" f-f-f-football player and chillin wit my peeps iz wat i do. I hate being threatened and if i am, i'm like a pitbull backed into a corner. Don't let my playful and comical attitude fool ya cause i'm not playin and i'm not dieing...

Probably had a white g/f

[eS El Duque]

no ones perfect