Melotic
01-22-2002, 02:13 PM
"Colts president Bill Polian and Ray Anderson, coach Dungy's representative, are working out the final details," Polian said in a statement. "Both parties expect things will go smoothly."
Polian was not available to take questions and a phone message left on Dungy's home answering machine in Tampa, Fla., was not immediately returned. Dungy had returned home after being in Mobile, Ala., for the Senior Bowl earlier Tuesday, Anderson said.
Anderson said the pact bringing Dungy to Indianapolis was all but finished and hinted that it was a five-year contract.
League sources said Dungy in fact will receive a five-year contract, reported ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli. Financial details of the deal were not immediately available.
"It's not officially done until it's signed off on," Anderson said. "We haven't worked everything out, but there's nothing that's insurmountable."
Team owner Jim Irsay did not return a telephone message left at his office Tuesday.
Dungy, 46, was fired by Tampa Bay last week. The Colts fired coach Jim Mora on Jan. 8, primarily because he refused to get rid of former defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. Fangio has since accepted the coordinator's post with the expansion Houston Texans.
Polian was not available to take questions and a phone message left on Dungy's home answering machine in Tampa, Fla., was not immediately returned. Dungy had returned home after being in Mobile, Ala., for the Senior Bowl earlier Tuesday, Anderson said.
Anderson said the pact bringing Dungy to Indianapolis was all but finished and hinted that it was a five-year contract.
League sources said Dungy in fact will receive a five-year contract, reported ESPN.com's Len Pasquarelli. Financial details of the deal were not immediately available.
"It's not officially done until it's signed off on," Anderson said. "We haven't worked everything out, but there's nothing that's insurmountable."
Team owner Jim Irsay did not return a telephone message left at his office Tuesday.
Dungy, 46, was fired by Tampa Bay last week. The Colts fired coach Jim Mora on Jan. 8, primarily because he refused to get rid of former defensive coordinator Vic Fangio. Fangio has since accepted the coordinator's post with the expansion Houston Texans.