Long -term NFL player and coach Dick Jauron, who led Chicago Bears At Play -Ff I was elected coach of the AP in 2001, he died on Saturday. He was 74 years old.
Bears were confirmed by his death, which came the day before Philadelphia – where Jauron briefly served as an electricity assistant Bosses Coach Andy Reid – played Kansas City in Super Bowl in New Orleans.
Jauron was the star of two sports in Yale in the early seventies and was appointed by both Detroit Lions at NFL draft i St. Louis Cardinals In Major League baseball Amateur project. He finally made football for his whole life, starting from five seasons as defensive in Detroit and three more from Cincinnati before retiring in 1980.
Liked Jauron moved to coaching, and five years later he was employed by Bills As a defense trainer. Then he trained a defensive back Green Bay And he made friends with Reid, who was an assistant to the offensive line and coach of tight ends.
In 1995, Jauron was employed by Tom Coughlin as a defensive coordinator in expansion Jacksonville jaguarsAnd he was successful in the coaching work in Chicago. Jauron had only one winning record in five seasons with Bears, winning NFC North in 2001, before he lost to Eagles – Then trained by Reid – in the Playoff Division round.
Jauron was released in 2003 and became a defensive coordinator at Detroit, where in 2005 he was a temporary coach of five matches. He spent the next four seasons as the main coach in Buffalo, but he never had a winning record.
He finished with a record 60-82 and one place Playoff in a part of 10 seasons as a trainer.
Jauron’s death took place only two days after the bears announced the death of Virginia Halas McCaskey, who inherited the franchise from her father George Halas, and spent four over decades as the main owner. She was 102 years old.
Associated Press reporting.
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