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Dungy Addresses Football Team
March 22, 2010 | Football
March 22, 2010
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Chapel Hill, N.C. ----- Former Indianapolis Colts and Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Tony Dungy addressed the North Carolina football team Monday at the Kenan Football Center, offering words of advice and encouragement during a 45-minute speech.
Dungy has prior relationships with several of Carolina's assistant coaches, including wide receiver coach Charlie Williams, who was on Dungy's staff in Tampa Bay.
"Tony Dungy is one of the most respected people in the NFL," said head coach Butch Davis. "Not only was he a great coach, but he is a man of faith who all of our players could learn something from. We have several assistants with NFL experience and we were able to reach out to Tony and have him speak to our players about many life experiences and life lessons."
Dungy played three seasons in the NFL before embarking on a 28-year coaching career that included Indianapolis' 29-17 win over Chicago in Super Bowl XLI (2006 season). He coached two more seasons before retiring.
Dungy spoke to the Tar Heels about his formula for reaching the highest level, which included four key points - talent, hard work, teamwork and chemistry.
"If you have those four things, you can win," said Dungy. "The amazing thing is three of them you can control. One of them you can't control and that's talent. God gives you talent and it's the first thing you need. But amazingly, it's not the most important thing."
Dungy said his Super Bowl winning team in 2006 was not his most talented, but it had all the other ingredients of a winner.
After a brief question and answer session, Dungy watched the Tar Heels' spring practice at Navy fields before leaving Chapel Hill.
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Carolina will play the 2010 Spring Football Game on Saturday, April 10 at 3 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN.
