Re: Dungy's son, 18, found dead in Tampa suburb <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>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.New York Jets coach Herman Edwards, one of Dungy's closest friends, called James a "very, very good kid."The whole family is good people. You know Tony, how he raised a family," Edwards said from Jets training camp in Hempstead, N.Y. "A tragedy. I know the prayers of the National Football League go out to him and his family."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.</div>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2268593
Re: Dungy's son, 18, found dead in Tampa suburb R.I.P. to his son, and my condolences to Tony Dungy and his family.Hopefully a tragedy like this wont affect the Colts season though.Kinda makes you think, cause im 18 myself right now and yeah...
Re: Dungy's son, 18, found dead in Tampa suburb Ya your right man. The best of luck to everyone involved with the Colts.
Re: Dungy's son, 18, found dead in Tampa suburb <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Ven0m @ Dec 22 2005, 01:04 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>R.I.P. to his son, and my condolences to Tony Dungy and his family.</div> Yeah.I wonder if the death had anything to do with his father's occupation as an NFL coach? That would be really messed up...
Re: Dungy's son, 18, found dead in Tampa suburb That is jsut a shame to hear... I really hope it wasn't related to his fathers occupationRIP
Re: Dungy's son, 18, found dead in Tampa suburb I found this on myspace of Tony Dungy's son.http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendID=41899442
Re: Dungy's son, 18, found dead in Tampa suburb I heard about that somewhere else, MySpace is messed up, someone else wrote a suicide note on it a little more than a month ago. Some people are just screwed up in the head...
Re: Dungy's son, 18, found dead in Tampa suburb <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JHair @ Dec 22 2005, 10:14 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'>I heard about that somewhere else, MySpace is messed up, someone else wrote a suicide note on it a little more than a month ago. Some people are just screwed up in the head...</div> I showed you that
Re: Dungy's son, 18, found dead in Tampa suburb I heard that Dungy will probably retire after this season now.R.I.P James
Re: Dungy's son, 18, found dead in Tampa suburb <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brooksie5 @ Dec 23 2005, 07:31 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>I heard that Dungy will probably retire after this season now.R.I.P James</div> It's not probably, just some speculation.....I cant imagine him just retiring right now though, but if thats what he wants to do then more power to him.
Re: Dungy's son, 18, found dead in Tampa suburb <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (His Greatness @ Dec 23 2005, 01:57 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JHair @ Dec 22 2005, 10:14 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> I heard about that somewhere else, MySpace is messed up, someone else wrote a suicide note on it a little more than a month ago. Some people are just screwed up in the head...</div>I showed you that </div> hahah had a feeling one of you guys told me. Screw MySpace..
Re: Dungy's son, 18, found dead in Tampa suburb F- myspace....I think i spent like 30 minutes on it before i just said "F- it"
