Parenting

In our 25 years of working together with All Pro Dad, I’ve heard Tony Dungy share many stories about the challenges he faced to become an NFL head coach. It was normal for coaches to […]

Keeping your cool is an important characteristic for any leader. When I was a coach, I prided myself on that. If the referee made a bad call, I would think, “That’s OK. We can get […]

I’m 6-foot-3. I have very long legs, which means the floor is very far away. I wish it were closer because I think that could help me reach (literally) my goal of becoming more flexible. […]

As fathers, we are like the head coach. We set the template for our family, the goals, and the direction. When I was coaching both the Buccaneers and Colts, I had signs in the locker […]

Charlie lay in his room quietly, wishing his dad would go to bed. His stomach was in knots. The pots clanged again with more yelling. It was 1 in the morning, and his dad was […]

“I don’t understand why you’re getting so upset,” my wife was taken off guard by my response to what seemed a fairly innocuous disagreement. She thought we were talking about paint colors, but I was […]

“Well then why does he get to run with his shirt off?” It was a question I wasn’t prepared for and had never really considered. I was arguing with my teenage daughter about why she […]

I remember being super excited the day my son grabbed his glove and took the diamond for his first real baseball game. I played the sport growing up and loved it, but I didn’t remember […]

My wife and I both graduated from the University of Florida. So did two of our kids. We have always loved cheering for the blue and orange and are big fans of famed Florida quarterback […]

I stood in our kitchen, completely frozen. Concern overcame me as my son’s words hit me about an incident earlier that day. It was a harsh reality check—he was being mocked by a classmate for […]