Black History Month:NFL Coaches Lovie Smith & Tony Dungy Made History in Super Bowl XLI

Super Bowl XLI produced the first African-American head football coach to make it to the game as well as the first African-American to win the Super Bowl.It took 41 years but it finally happened. History was made at Super Bowl XLI even before kickoff. Lovie Smith became the first African American head coach to make it to the NFL’s Super Bowl. Smith’s Chicago Bears won the NFC Championship that put them in Super Bowl XLI.History was made again when Tony Dungy, coach of the Indianapolis Colts, beat the Chicago Bears to go on and win making Dungy the first African American head football coach to win the Super Bowl. Dungy’s Indianapolis Colts won Super Bowl XLI with a 29-17 victory over the Chicago Bears.Dungy’s career has included several notable firsts. He was the first NFL head coach to defeat all 32 teams, the youngest assistant coach at age 25, and the youngest coordinator at age 28 in NFL history.