Richard Manual Jauron was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League.
25 Facts About Dick Jauron
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Dick Jauron played eight seasons in the NFL as a safety, five with the Detroit Lions and three with the Cincinnati Bengals.
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Dick Jauron served as the head coach of the Chicago Bears from 1999 to 2003 and the Buffalo Bills from 2006 until November 2009.
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Dick Jauron was the interim head coach for the Lions for the final five games of the 2005 season.
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Dick Jauron was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015.
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Dick Jauron attended Swampscott High School in Swampscott, Massachusetts, and was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball.
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Dick Jauron had been honored as one of the top ten all-time Massachusetts high school football players by The Boston Globe.
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Dick Jauron recorded the best rushing performance, 183 yards, in The Game his senior season.
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Dick Jauron is the only athlete to hold a berth in the College Football Hall of Fame, win the Asa S Bushnell award, and claim selection as a NFF Scholar Athlete.
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Dick Jauron was drafted as a shortstop by baseball's St Louis Cardinals in the 25th round of the 1973 MLB draft.
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Dick Jauron was named to the 1975 Pro Bowl in his second season after leading the NFC in punt return average.
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Dick Jauron played with the Lions for five seasons and the Cincinnati Bengals for three seasons.
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Dick Jauron finished his playing career with 25 interceptions and two touchdowns.
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Dick Jauron began his coaching career in the NFL in 1985 as the Buffalo Bills defensive backs coach.
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Dick Jauron was offered the position by Bills defensive coordinator Hank Bullough, who was the Bengals defensive coordinator when Jauron was a player.
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Dick Jauron worked with the team for eight seasons, serving under three different head coaches: Forrest Gregg, Lindy Infante, and Mike Holmgren.
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Dick Jauron became the defensive coordinator for the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars in 1995 at the invitation of then-Jaguars head coach Tom Coughlin, whom he coached with at Green Bay.
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Dick Jauron turned the team around in his third season as head coach, accumulating more wins in that season than he had the previous two combined.
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Dick Jauron was named the 2001 AP Coach of the Year and became the third coach in team history to record at least 13 wins in a season, joining George Halas and Mike Ditka, and eventually joined by his successor Lovie Smith.
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Dick Jauron was fired by the Bears after the 2003 season and replaced by Lovie Smith.
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Dick Jauron was then, prior to the 2004 season, hired by the Detroit Lions as a defensive coordinator.
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Dick Jauron was promoted to interim head coach of the Lions on November 28,2005, after the mid-season firing of Steve Mariucci.
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Dick Jauron was named the 14th head coach in Buffalo Bills history on January 23,2006, following the resignation of Mike Mularkey.
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Dick Jauron replaced Rob Ryan, who then became defensive coordinator for the Dallas Cowboys.
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Dick Jauron died from cancer on February 8,2025, at the age of 74.