James Dungy, the 18-year-old son of Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy, was found dead at 1:30 a.m. ET Thursday in his apartment in Lutz, Fla., a suburb of Tampa, Debbie Carter, a spokesperson for the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, confirmed Thursday.

In a news release on its Web site, the Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office said it "responded to the Campus Lodge Apartments this morning at approximately 1:32 a.m. The girlfriend of James Dungy had returned to the apartment and discovered Dungy."

Police performed CPR on Dungy before he was taken to University Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

No foul play is suspected, but a cause of death won't announced pending an autopsy, said Vida Morgan, a secretary in the sheriff's public information office.

Tony Dungy has left the Colts and is in Tampa, ESPN has learned.

The coach and his wife, Lauren, have four other children: daughters Tiara and Jade, and sons Eric and Jordan.



Dungy was an assistant coach with the Vikings from 1992 to 1995, then left to become Tampa Bay's head coach in 1996.

He began his coaching career in 1980, as defensive backs coach at the University of Minnesota, his alma mater. He was quarterback for the Gophers from 1973-1976.

The Colts (13-1) are at Seattle on Saturday.

Fans posted prayers and messages of support for Dungy, who also coached the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, on a message board on a Colts fan Web site.

"Not only was he a great football coach for the Bucs, but he is an even better person," one Tampa Bay fan wrote. "It makes me sick that it happened at this time of year to a person that is so giving and caring."

Another person wrote for God to give strength to Dungy during this difficult time.

"When things like this happen it adjusts our perspective on life," one person wrote. "What was considered major yesterday doesn't amount to more than a footnote today."



Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.







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That's awful. I wonder what the cause of death is.

Being a Die hard Colts fan, and living in Indy I know that the whole city is there for Tony Dungy and his family....this is so sad especially this time of year, hard to believe.

if dungy left the team who would take over as coach? any idea?

im a huge Bears fan...but I cant help but feel horrible for Coach Dungy and his family...

this is a real tragedy...

even though Im a Bears fan...I hope the Colts go all the way for Coach Dungy...

jim caldwell is taking over

Heartbreaking. Once you have kids, your biggest fear becomes something happening to them.

I was all pumped about the colts / seahawks game saturday - but not anymore...

my heart goes out to Tom Dungy and all his family .. what an absolute tragedy. children should never die before their parents.

Oh my God, that's awful. My deepest sympathies to the Dungy family.

-Sunny

thats really sad, cant imagine getting that phone call

i cant imagine what that family is going through

It's so mysterious ... drugs? Suicide? Did he have a history of health problems? My head's just spinning.

They just announced on ESPN News that police have called it "an apparent suicide."

i saw it on PTI, i feel so bad for tony

This kid had a myspace site set up. It's down for "special maintenance" now, but I checked it out earlier and this kid looks nuts: he's got a pic of himself in gang attire, and the rest of the site is dedicated to Randy Moss and weed.

I have no idea what to make of that information.

yeah i saw his myspace page this morning. very strange

whats wrong w/ weed and randy moss? or are you guys saying its weird b/c its randy moss and not, like, marvin harrison?

Yes, that's exactly what I'm saying...when prominently juxtaposed with weed.