Jimmy Raye coached 37 years in the NFL. He worked for 10 different teams and helped several players get to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but he had never been to Canton, Ohio, for an enshrinement ceremony until last weekend.
Sitting in the crowd, he listened as former Bucs coach Tony Dungy proudly thanked so many who had helped him break barriers as the first African-American coach to win a Super Bowl, and now, the second enshrined in Canton.
"I was very pleased and proud in such a momentous occasion, that I was still around to witness an African-American coach in the modern era be inducted into the Hall of Fame," the 70-year-old Raye said.