NBC likely moving on from Tony Dungy in NFL broadcast shakeup, per report

Tony Dungy’s time at NBC is reportedly on the verge of ending.

The Hall of Fame coach is likely out as a regular on the network’s “Football Night in America” Sunday pregame show, according to The Athletic’s Andrew Marchand. While NBC could still reverse course, the move would be part of a revamp for the show.

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There’s also reportedly a possibility NBC gives him an emeritus role like it did with Bob Costas and Al Michaels, where he officially remains with the network but in a reduced role.

The 70-year-old Dungy has been an analyst for NBC since 2009, the year after his retirement as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts. He is reportedly one of several NBC studio analysts whose contracts ended after the Super Bowl.

There are few details on how the reworked “Football Night in America” could operate, but Marchand reports the show could slim down its cast and take the whole operation on the road alongside “Sunday Night Football.” Dungy had previously been part of a traveling component for the show, alongside Rodney Harrison and Jac Collinsworth.

Dungy was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016 and held a 139-69 record in 13 seasons as head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts, winning Super Bowl XLI in 2007 with the Colts and Peyton Manning.

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His time with NBC hasn’t been without incident, with examples including his comments painting Michael Sam as a locker room distraction after he came out as gay and drawing a rebuke from NBC for sharing the “litter boxes in schools” myth on social media. There was also his involvement in the snub of Bill Belichick from the Hall of Fame, as he has refused to say whether he was one of at least 11 voters who voted against his former coaching rival.