Dungy, Smith may open more doors:
On Sunday, Indianapolis' Tony Dungy or Chicago's Lovie Smith will become the first black head coach to win a Super Bowl… As much as the two friends want to impact the game and bring a Super Bowl championship home to their respective cities, they can also influence the future of the NFL in another way -- if they haven't already.

A Vast Minority
The first 40 editions of the Super Bowl where played without an African-American head coach. So imagine [the first black quarterback Doug] Williams’ delight over Super Bowl XLI in Miami, where two black head coaches [Chicago’s Lovie Smith and Indianapolis’ Tony Dungy] will walk the sideline.

Super Bowl’s Black Coaches Indicative of ‘Great Strides’
The first Super Bowl matchup of teams led by black coaches is the culmination of a four-year push … to open doors to minority coaches that had been closed for most of the NFL’s history

The New Color of Power
Indianapolis' Dungy and Chicago's Smith will be the first African Americans to coach a team in the Super Bowl, which was watched by an estimated 140 million viewers in the United States in 2006.

Reese the GM in Giant step
NFL front offices were still mostly white when Jerry Reese joined the NFL as a scout in 1994.  Twelve years later, the 43-year-old Reese was introduced as the first African-American general manager in the 82-year history of the Giants.