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    3Feb, 2023
    Tony Dungy Suber Bowl Outreach Video Resource

    Former NFL coach Tony Dungy talks about the purpose of pain in our faith journey. Dungy shares how hardships in the NFL and the personal tragedy of losing his own son have affected his faith. Approximate running time is 15 minutes and the Gospel-centered message makes for an excellent Super Bowl outreach and evangelistic tool.

    Tony Dungy’s words and example have intrigued millions of people, particularly following his victory in Super Bowl XLI, the first for an African American coach. How is it possible for a coach—especially a football coach—to win the respect of his players and lead them to the Super Bowl without the screaming histrionics, the profanities, and the demand that the sport come before anything else? How is it possible for anyone to be successful without compromising faith and family?

    As a devout follower of Jesus Christ, Dungy has earned widespread respect both on and off the field due to what many see as strong convictions and high personal standards of ethics and behavior, which affect his behavior as both a coach and as a member of his community. He has been active in many community service organizations in the cities in which he has coached. While coaching in Tampa Bay, Dungy worked as a public speaker for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Athletes in Action.

    He began a mentoring program for young people called Mentors for Life, and provided Buccaneers’ tickets for the participants. He also supported other charitable programs in the area such as Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Boys and Girls Club, the Prison Crusade Ministry, foster parenting organizations, and Family First. His community involvement and care continues in Indianapolis where Tony helped launch the Basket of Hope program which aids patients at the Riley Hospital for Children.

    Below is a Teaser, but not the entire video:

    9Feb, 2015
    Lessons From a Super Bowl Hero

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    In Boston, they are calling Malcolm Butler the “patron saint of second chances.”  Butler is the undrafted rookie and unlikely hero of the Super Bowl.  His interception sealed the win for New England, but not too many people heard of Butler before the big game.

    After losing focus in community college he was kicked off the football team.  He left campus and worked at a Popeyes fast food restaurant.  Then Malcolm Butler had a “life changing” summer and came back a different person.  Butler was like a lot of kids… “They need a second chance, whether it’s academics or sports or whatever,” Gene Murphy, his former coach said.

    “Malcolm is a living testimony to the importance of second chances.”

    Gene Murphy had spent most of Super Bowl Sunday recruiting prospective players in Mississippi.  He told them about one of his players who experienced something called growing up.  He told them about Malcolm Butler.  He was so busy talking to prospective players that he didn’t make it home until the second half of the Super Bowl, which he watched with his wife, Dot.

    When Butler made the play that cemented his place in New England history, Gene and Dot Murphy were sitting in their living room, 1,432 miles away from Boston.  They just smiled at each other, knowing that life is about second chances, and that a young man they both believed in had come to embody all that and more.

    Breakaway Outreach exists to show at-risk youth and children that there is a God of second chances.  He sent His Son, Jesus Christ to give us the hope of another chance.  Thank you for partnering with us to make that hope a reality in so many kids’ lives.