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Article: Colts are stable, indeed: Dungy back for another shot

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January 22, 2008
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INDIANAPOLIS - Tony Dungy insists family always comes before

football.

But Dungy believes he can make those priorities coexist - even if it

means long commutes.

With his passion to coach high, his family supportive of his

ambitions, and the Indianapolis Colts team owner intent on bringing

him back, Dungy followed his heart and his family's wishes Monday,

deciding to return for at least one more season as head coach before

turning the job over to his chosen successor, Jim Caldwell.

"I love this franchise; I love my family," said Dungy, whose contract

runs through 2009. "I wouldn't have come back if I was going to

shortchange either one, or my children were not for it. It was really

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