NFL Coaches Make Black History In Superbowl

History was made this past Sunday when two black head coaches in the National Football League led their respective teams to play in the Super Bowl. Tony Dungy, the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, won the day over Lovie Smith's Chicago Bears.

It was a milestone moment in sports history. David Cornwell, the former director of equal employment in the NFL, said "This was the equivalent of a black man being president." Black coaches have never won "the big one" before, let alone even making it that far.

Tony Dungy was born in Michigan and went to the University of Minnesota. He won a Super Bowl ring when he played with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1978. He also played with the San Francisco 49ers.

He started coaching in the NFL as the defensive backs coach for the Steelers in 1981. Dungy got his big break in 1996, when he was named the head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In 2002, he became the head coach of the Colts.

Dungy's 18-year-old son committed suicide in December 2005. In spite of this overwhelming loss, Dungy continued to lead his team through the last few games of that 2005 season, but the Colts lost in the playoffs.