Dick Jauron, longtime coach and the 2001 AP NFL Head Coach of the 12 months, died Saturday.
He was 74.
Jauron, who spent eight whole seasons as a head coach for the Payments and Bears, handed away after a brief bout with most cancers, in response to a Fb put up from his daughter Kacy, who wrote he was “the very best son, brother, friend, teammate, husband, father, coach, HUMAN that we were all so lucky to love.”
Earlier than his teaching profession, Jauron spent eight seasons within the NFL, taking part in security for the Lions and Bengals, making one Professional Bowl look in 1974.
In Chicago as a head coach, Jauron went 35-45, profitable Coach of the 12 months in 2001 after main the Bears to a 13-3 report earlier than falling to the Eagles within the divisional spherical of the playoffs.
Because the Payments’ head coach, he went 24-33.
“I was very fortunate to start my NFL career with Dick Jauron as my first head coach,” former Payments heart Eric Wooden stated, in response to the group’s web site. “He set an important basis for my profession along with his in depth information of the NFL sport and helped us develop as professionals each on and off the sector. Coach Jauron was a honest and considerate household man and a real gentleman.
“My heart goes out to his family during this difficult time.”
He additionally served because the interim head coach for the Lions in 2005, going 1-4.
Throughout his final NFL stint, Jauron served because the defensive coordinator for the Browns in 2011-12.
Jauron grew up in Massachusetts and performed faculty soccer at Yale, making the All-America first group as a working again.
His passing comes simply days after Bears proprietor Virginia McCaskey died on the age of 102.
