Who was the first African-American head coach to win a Super Bowl?

Tony Dungy was the first African-American head coach to win a Super Bowl.

Dungy achieved the milestone when his Indianapolis Colts defeated the Chicago Bears 29–17 in Super Bowl XLI on February 4, 2007. The game was played at Dolphin Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, during a rainy evening that produced one of the wettest Super Bowls on record.

Dungy had previously built the Tampa Bay Buccaneers into a strong defensive team, but Tampa Bay dismissed him after the 2001 season. He later joined Indianapolis and guided the Colts to consistent playoff appearances, finally winning the franchise’s first Super Bowl since relocating from Baltimore.

The achievement is sometimes confused with Lovie Smith, who coached the Bears in that same game. Smith was also African-American, making Super Bowl XLI the first Super Bowl with two African-American head coaches, but Dungy was the winner. Fritz Pollard had been the NFL’s first African-American head coach decades earlier, in the 1920s.