{"id":778135,"date":"2026-02-26T18:48:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/778135\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T18:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T18:48:18","slug":"tony-dungy-likely-out-at-nbcs-snf-coverage-in-huge-reshuffle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/778135\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Dungy likely out at NBC’s ‘SNF’ coverage in huge reshuffle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tony Dungy\u2019s time on \u201cFootball Night in America\u201d appears to be coming to an end after 17 seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Pro Football Hall of Fame head coach is likely to be caught up in NBC\u2019s plans to revamp the program, which would mean an end to his time on the Sunday night football pregame show, The Athletic reported Wednesday<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A final decision has not been made on Dungy\u2019s future, and the report indicated that there could still be a small chance the network could reverse course, while also suggesting the possibility of Dungy being given an \u201cemeritus\u201d role.<\/p>\n

Former coach and current broadcaster Tony Dungy is seen before the NFL Super Bowl 60 football game between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, Calif. AP<\/p>\n

Broadcast legends Bob Costas and Al Michaels were given similar roles in the past, and it would allow Dungy to keep a connection to NBC while contributing in a reduced role.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Additional plans for \u201cFootball Night in America\u201d could include taking the show entirely on the road for the 2026 season with a slimmed-down cast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jac Collinsworth (left), Tony Dungy (middle) and Rodney Harrison of NBC Sunday Night Football before the Los Angeles Chargers game versus the Baltimore Ravens on November 26, 2023, at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, CA. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Athletic noted that the contracts for a number of NBC\u2019s studio football analysts expired after Super Bowl 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dungy garnered some football fans\u2019 anger after Bill Belichick failed to garner enough votes to make it into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The former Colts head coach was part of the committee that chose the class of 2026, and he refused to say whether he voted for Belichick <\/a>to make it in.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Former professional football coach Tony Dungy looks on before the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium on December 07, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. Getty Images<\/p>\n

He even did so during NBC\u2019s Super Bowl pregame show, prompting former Patriots star Rodney Harrison to shade Dungy<\/a> on the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I would say, coach, is any list that doesn\u2019t include Bill Belichick at the top is absolutely wrong,\u201d Harrison said. \u201cAnd a lot of those players that we mentioned, they\u2019re great players. I played with Drew Brees. I played with Adam Vinatieri. But there\u2019s nobody more deserving to be in that Hall of Fame than Coach Belichick. I\u2019ve seen his greatness. I\u2019ve seen him design defenses to stop your offense. You just look at the players that he\u2019s impacted.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s been unbelievable. When I look throughout the Hall of Fame, and even a guy like Tom Brady, Tom Brady wouldn\u2019t be Tom Brady without Bill Belichick. That\u2019s the disappointing part of it, Coach, and you guys got it wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tony Dungy\u2019s time on \u201cFootball Night in America\u201d appears to be coming to an end after 17 seasons.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":778136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,1372,6,9,203,13529],"class_list":{"0":"post-778135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nbc-sports","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-sports-media","13":"tag-tony-dungy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116138430452281970","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=778135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/778135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/778136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=778135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=778135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=778135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}