Dick Jauron, the previous head coach of two completely different NFL franchises, died Saturday. He was 74.
The Chicago Bears confirmed the dying. Jauron was the Bears‘ head coach from 1999 to 2003.
He was beforehand recognized with most cancers, The Every day Merchandise in Massachusetts reported.
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Dick Jauron, head coach of the Buffalo Payments, watches from the sideline towards the New England Patriots on September 10, 2006, at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Rick Stewart/Getty Pictures)
He turned the Buffalo Payments’ head coach in 2006, a task he maintained till 2009. The following season, Jauron was named the Philadelphia Eagles’ defensive backs coach beneath Andy Reid.
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Jauron was a two-sport star at Yale within the early Seventies, and he was drafted by each the Detroit Lions within the NFL Draft and the St. Louis Cardinals within the Main League Baseball newbie draft. He in the end made soccer his lifelong pursuit, starting with 5 seasons as a defensive again in Detroit and three extra with the Cincinnati Bengals earlier than his retirement in 1980.
Head coach Dick Jauron of the Buffalo Payments seems to be on in the course of the recreation towards the Miami Dolphins on December 9, 2007, at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. (Rick Stewart/Getty Pictures)
The popular Jauron moved into teaching and 5 years later was employed by the Payments as a defensive backs coach. He went on to teach defensive backs in Inexperienced Bay and have become buddies with Reid, who was an assistant offensive line and tight ends coach.
Jauron had only one profitable file in 5 seasons with the Bears, profitable the NFC North in 2001 earlier than dropping to the Eagles — then coached by Reid — within the divisional spherical of the playoffs.
He completed with a 60-82 file and one playoff berth over elements of 10 seasons as a head coach.
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Oct. 1, 2006; Orchard Park, NY: Buffalo Payments head coach Dick Jauron throughout pre-game at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, NY. (Craig Melvin-USA TODAY Sports activities)
Jauron’s dying got here simply two days after the Bears introduced the dying of Virginia Halas McCaskey, who inherited the franchise from her father, George Halas, and spent four-plus a long time because the principal proprietor.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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