During a recent conversation with Sports Spectrum’s Jason Romano, Sunday Night Football broadcast analyst Tony Dungy shared the importance of keeping a disciplined schedule to spend time every day with Jesus.
Dungy, 69, played in the NFL for three seasons and was a head coach for 13. Dungy has two Super Bowl rings, one that he won as a player for the ’79 Pittsburgh Steelers and the other he received as the head coach of the ’06 Indianapolis Colts.
Dungy and his wife, Lauren, have 11 children, eight of which they adopted. The Hall of Fame coach is an evangelical Christian and is looked up to by many around the league as a mentor.
Romano recently asked Dungy what the rhythms were that he practices to make sure he stays disciplined in his walk with Jesus.
“Off season is easy,” Dungy said, “You’re home, you’re going to church, you’re going to your Wednesday night Bible study. You’ve got kids things going on, and it’s kind of spelled out for you.”
But that changes for Dungy during the fall when the NFL season starts back up. He shared, “During the fall, I have to be very intentional about it. And what I learned as a coach, you schedule things.”
Dungy gave examples, saying, “We have mini camp, we have training camp, we have a schedule, we have individual period in practice, and seven on seven. And we aren’t gonna just say, ‘Oh, we’ll do as much seven on seven as we feel like [and] we’ll just see how it goes.’ No, it’s scheduled out.”
He explained, “I have to do the same thing. For me, during the season, I have to make sure Wednesday night is kind of the night that I go to church with the whole family.”
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Then Dungy shared, “We go to wherever the game site is on Saturday night and I always get up Sunday morning, read a little bit of my Bible, and I take a walk.”
