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{{Short description|American football player and coach (1950–2025)}}
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{{Infobox NFL biography
| name               = Dick Jauron
| image              = Richard Jauron.jpg
| caption            = Jauron with the Yale Bulldogs
| number             = 26, 30
| position           = [[Safety (gridiron football position)|Safety]]
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1950|10|7}}
| birth_place        = [[Peoria, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2025|2|8|1950|10|7}}
| death_place        = [[Swampscott, Massachusetts]], U.S.
| height_ft          = 6
| height_in          = 0
| weight_lbs         = 190
| high_school        = [[Swampscott High School|Swampscott]]<br />([[Swampscott, Massachusetts]])
| college            = [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale]]
| draftyear          = 1973
| draftround         = 4
| draftpick          = 91
| pastteams          = 
* [[Detroit Lions]] ({{NFL Year|1973}}–{{NFL Year|1977}})
* [[Cincinnati Bengals]] ({{NFL Year|1978}}–{{NFL Year|1980}})
| pastcoaching       = 
* [[Buffalo Bills]] ({{NFL Year|1985}})<br />Defensive backs coach
* [[Green Bay Packers]] ({{NFL Year|1986}}–{{NFL Year|1994}})<br />Defensive backs coach
* [[Jacksonville Jaguars]] ({{NFL Year|1995}}–{{NFL Year|1998}})<br />Defensive coordinator
* [[Chicago Bears]] ({{NFL Year|1999}}–{{NFL Year|2003}})<br />Head coach
* [[Detroit Lions]] ({{NFL Year|2004}}–{{NFL Year|2005}})<br />Defensive coordinator
* Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|2005}})<br />Interim head coach
* Buffalo Bills ({{NFL Year|2006}}–{{NFL Year|2009}})<br />Head coach
* [[Philadelphia Eagles]] ({{NFL Year|2010}})<br />Senior assistant & defensive backs coach
* [[Cleveland Browns]] ({{NFL Year|2011}}–{{NFL Year|2012}})<br />Defensive coordinator
| highlights         =
* [[National Football League Coach of the Year Award|AP NFL Coach of the Year]] (2001) 
* [[Pro Bowl]] ([[1975 Pro Bowl|1974]])
* First-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1972 College Football All-America Team|1972]])
* First-team All-East ([[1972 All-East football team|1972]])
* 3× First-team All-[[Ivy League]] 
| coachregrecord     = {{Winning percentage|60|82|record=y}}
| coachplayoffrecord = {{Winning percentage|0|1|record=y}}
| coachrecord        = {{Winning percentage|60|83|record=y}} 
| pfr                = JaurDi00
| pfrcoach           = JaurDi0
| CollegeHOF         = 2381
}}

'''Richard Manual Jauron''' ({{IPAc-en|dʒ|ə|ˈ|r|ɒ|n}};<ref>{{cite web |title=Dick Jauron |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH2EdAS9BSQ |website=YouTube |publisher=YaleAthletics |access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref> October 7, 1950{{snd}}February 8, 2025) was an American professional [[American football|football]] player and coach in the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played eight seasons in the NFL as a [[Safety (gridiron football position)|safety]], five with the [[Detroit Lions]] and three with the [[Cincinnati Bengals]]. Jauron served as the head coach of the [[Chicago Bears]] from 1999 to 2003 and the [[Buffalo Bills]] from 2006 until November 2009. He was also the interim head coach for the Lions for the final five games of the 2005 season. He was named the [[NFL Coach of the Year Award|AP Coach of the Year]] in 2001 after leading the Bears to a 13–3 record.

Jauron played [[college football]] for the [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale Bulldogs]]. He was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dick Jauron (2015) – Hall of Fame |url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx?hof=2381 |website=[[National Football Foundation]] |access-date=February 11, 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Jauron was selected a NFF Scholar Athlete in 1972.

==Playing career==
===Early life===
Jauron was born in [[Peoria, Illinois]]. He attended grammar school in [[Rensselaer, Indiana]], before his family moved to [[Lynn, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mayer |first=Larry |date=February 8, 2025 |title=Former Bears coach Dick Jauron passes away |url=https://www.chicagobears.com/news/former-bears-coach-dick-jauron-passes-away |access-date=February 11, 2025 |website=[[Chicago Bears]]}}</ref> He attended [[Swampscott High School]] in [[Swampscott, Massachusetts]], and was a letterman in football, basketball, and [[baseball]]. In football, he was a [[Parade All-American|''Parade'' All-American]] selection as a senior. He had been honored as one of the top ten all-time Massachusetts high school football players by ''[[The Boston Globe]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Swampscott legend steps up |url=http://www.boston.com/sports/football/articles/2006/07/23/swampscott_legend_steps_up/ |date=July 23, 2006 |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |last1=Gottlieb |first1=Jeremy |access-date=February 16, 2009 |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024132348/http://www.boston.com/sports/football/articles/2006/07/23/swampscott_legend_steps_up/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ryman |first1=Richard |title=Former Packers assistant coach Dick Jauron has died at age 74 |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2025/02/08/dick-jauron-who-coached-for-the-packers-and-6-other-teams-dead-at-74-green-bay/78359844007/ |website=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]] |access-date=February 11, 2025 |date=February 8, 2025}}</ref>

===College===
At [[Yale University]], Jauron [[Rush (gridiron football)|rushed]] for 2,947 yards in three seasons (freshmen were not eligible for the varsity team in the 1970s) for the [[Yale Bulldogs football|Bulldogs]], a record that stood until 2000,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cavanaugh |first=Jack |date=November 19, 2000 |title=Host Harvard Loses 'The Game' to Yale |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/19/sports/college-football-host-harvard-loses-the-game-to-yale.html?n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes+Topics%2FOrganizations%2FY%2FYale+University |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729081928/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/19/sports/college-football-host-harvard-loses-the-game-to-yale.html?n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes+Topics%2FOrganizations%2FY%2FYale+University |archive-date=July 29, 2018 |access-date=February 16, 2009 |work=[[The New York Times]] |at=sec. 8, p.3}}</ref> and was three times named to the All-Ivy League First-team, the first Yale football athlete to be so honored. His school-record streak of 16 consecutive 100-yard rushing games was not broken until 2006.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2007_11/sports.html |title=Another week, another touchdown – or two (or three) |publisher=Yale Alumni Magazine |date=November–December 2007 |access-date=February 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721174322/http://www.yalealumnimagazine.com/issues/2007_11/sports.html |archive-date=July 21, 2009 }}</ref> Jauron was awarded the [[Nils V. "Swede" Nelson Award]] for [[sportsmanship]] following his junior season<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gridclubofgreaterboston.com/awardWinners.php?t=4|title=List of Nils V. "Swede" Nelson Award winners|publisher=Gridiron Club of Greater Boston|access-date=February 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060430100738/http://www.gridclubofgreaterboston.com/awardWinners.php?t=4|archive-date=April 30, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Bulger Lowe Award, given to the best Division I-A/I-AA player in New England, after his senior season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.gridclubofgreaterboston.com/awardWinners.php?t=3|title=List of Bulger Lowe Award winners|publisher=Gridiron Club of Greater Boston|access-date=February 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060116025353/http://www.gridclubofgreaterboston.com/awardWinners.php?t=3|archive-date=January 16, 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jauron recorded the best rushing performance, 183 yards, in [[Harvard-Yale football rivalry|''The Game'']] his senior season.<ref>Harvard Football News 2016, The Game, pg. 39</ref>

At Yale Jauron was a three–time All–Ivy First-team selection in an era when freshmen were barred from playing varsity football, and a First-team All America selection during his senior year. He was also a three–time letter winner on Yale's varsity baseball team. Jauron won the 1972 [[Asa Smith Bushnell III|Asa S. Bushnell Award]] as Ivy League Player of the Year in football. He 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Jauron (2017) – George H.W. Bush Lifetime of Leadership Award |url=http://yalebulldogs.com/honors/george-h-w-bush-lifetime-of-leadership-award/richard-jauron/52 |website=[[Yale Bulldogs]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |language=en |archive-date=July 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726001037/https://yalebulldogs.com/honors/george-h-w-bush-lifetime-of-leadership-award/richard-jauron/52 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1973, Jauron won the William Neely Mallory Award, the most prestigious athletic award given to a senior male at Yale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=William Neely Mallory Award  |url=http://www.yalebulldogs.com/information/traditions/awards/mallory_award |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181106181858/http://www.yalebulldogs.com/information/traditions/awards/mallory_award |archive-date=November 6, 2018 |access-date=February 10, 2017 |website=[[Yale Bulldogs]]}}</ref>

===Professional===
After graduating from college, Jauron was selected in the fourth round of the [[1973 NFL draft]] by the [[Detroit Lions]].<ref name="Jauron player PFR">{{cite web |title=Dick Jauron Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JaurDi00.htm |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241204010927/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JaurDi00.htm |archive-date=December 4, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=February 10, 2025 |language=en }}</ref> He was also drafted as a shortstop by baseball's [[St. Louis Cardinals]] in the 25th round of the [[1973 Major League Baseball draft|1973 MLB draft]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Dick Jauron Leagues Statistics |url=http://baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=jauron000dic |website=[[Baseball Reference]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120204757/https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=jauron000dic |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |url-status=live |access-date=February 10, 2025 |language=en }}</ref> Jauron chose the NFL. and started at [[free safety]] as a rookie for the Lions.<ref name="Jauron player PFR" /> He was named to the [[1975 Pro Bowl]] in his second season after leading the NFC in punt return average.<ref name="Freep obit">{{cite web |last1=Alter |first1=Marlowe |title=Dick Jauron, former Detroit Lions Pro Bowler and NFL coach, dies from cancer |url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2025/02/08/dick-jauron-death-lions-nfl/78360298007/ |website=[[Detroit Free Press]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |date=February 8, 2025 |archive-date=February 10, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210011246/https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2025/02/08/dick-jauron-death-lions-nfl/78360298007/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Jauron played with the Lions for five seasons (1973–1977) and the [[Cincinnati Bengals]] for three seasons (1978–1980).<ref name="Freep obit" /> He finished his playing career with 25 interceptions and two touchdowns.<ref name="Jauron player PFR" />

==Coaching career==
===Early coaching career===
Jauron began his coaching career in the NFL in 1985 as the [[Buffalo Bills]] defensive backs coach.<ref name="Bills obit">{{cite web |title=Bills remember former head coach Dick Jauron |url=https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-remember-former-head-coach-dick-jauron |website=[[Buffalo Bills]] |date=February 8, 2025 |last1=Jenkins |first1=Chris |access-date=February 10, 2025 |archive-date=February 8, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208195205/https://www.buffalobills.com/news/bills-remember-former-head-coach-dick-jauron |url-status=live }}</ref> He was offered the position by Bills defensive coordinator [[Hank Bullough]], who was the Bengals defensive coordinator when Jauron was a player.<ref name="Bills obit" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Mirror men |url=https://www.bengals.com/news/mirror-men-731556 |website=[[Cincinnati Bengals]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |date=October 17, 2001 |archive-date=December 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241214064434/https://www.bengals.com/news/mirror-men-731556 |url-status=live }}</ref>

After one season with the Bills, Jauron was named the defensive backs coach for the [[Green Bay Packers]]. He worked with the team for eight seasons, serving under three different head coaches: [[Forrest Gregg]], [[Lindy Infante]], and [[Mike Holmgren]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Christi |first1=Cliff |title=Former Packers defensive backs coach Dick Jauron dies at 74 |url=https://www.packers.com/news/former-packers-defensive-backs-coach-dick-jauron-dies-at-74 |website=[[Green Bay Packers]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |date=February 8, 2025 |archive-date=February 10, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210143312/https://www.packers.com/news/former-packers-defensive-backs-coach-dick-jauron-dies-at-74 |url-status=live }}</ref>

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.<ref name="Cbc.ca obit">{{cite web |title=Longtime NFL player, coach Dick Jauron dead at 74 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nfl/nfl-head-coach-dick-jauron-obit-1.7454494 |website=[[CBC Sports]] |date=February 8, 2025 |last1=Skretta |first1=Dave |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |archive-date=February 10, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210172443/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nfl/nfl-head-coach-dick-jauron-obit-1.7454494 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1987 Green Bay Packers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1987.htm |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |language=en |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203184218/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/gnb/1987.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The Jaguars made the playoffs in three of Jauron's four seasons with the team, including an appearance in the [[NFL playoffs, 1996-97|1996 AFC Championship Game]].<ref name="Jauron coaching PFR">{{cite web |title=Dick Jauron Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/JaurDi0.htm |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |language=en |archive-date=September 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904082935/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/JaurDi0.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jacksonville Jaguars Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/jax/ |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |language=en |archive-date=January 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160115203217/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/jax/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following his first head-coaching job, Jauron served as the defensive coordinator for the [[Detroit Lions]] in 2004 and the first 11 games of the 2005 season before being named the team's interim head coach.<ref name="Reuters obit">{{cite web |title=Former Bears, Bills head coach Dick Jauron dies at 74 |url=http://reuters.com/sports/former-bears-bills-head-coach-dick-jauron-dies-74-2025-02-08 |website=[[Reuters]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |date=February 8, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Jauron coaching PFR" />

===Chicago Bears===
Jauron became the 12th head coach in [[Chicago Bears]] history on January 23, 1999, when he was hired to replace [[Dave Wannstedt]], who was fired after two consecutive 4&ndash;12 seasons.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bears hire Jauron as new coach – UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1999/01/24/Bears-hire-Jauron-as-new-coach/3074917154000/ |website=[[United Press International]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |language=en |date=January 24, 1999}}</ref> Jauron coached the Bears for five seasons (1999&ndash;2003), finishing with a 35&ndash;45 regular season record and one playoff appearance.<ref name="Jauron coaching PFR" /> In his first two seasons, the Bears finished last in the [[NFC Central]] with 6&ndash;10 and 5&ndash;11 records.<ref name="Jauron coaching PFR" /><ref>{{cite web |title=1999 NFL Standings & Team Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1999/ |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |language=en |archive-date=May 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517050314/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1999/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2000 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/2000.htm |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |language=en |archive-date=September 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240926112657/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/2000.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Jauron, however, turned the team around in his third season as head coach, accumulating more wins in that season than he had the previous two combined.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Briggs |first1=Brad |title=Dick Jauron, who led Chicago Bears to 13-win season in 2001, dies: 'He didn't get enough credit for what he did' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/08/chicago-bears-dick-jauron-obituary/ |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |date=February 8, 2025}}</ref> In their 13–3 [[2001 Chicago Bears season|2001 campaign]], Chicago finished 8–0 in games decided by seven points or less, including back-to-back overtime victories.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chicago Bears 2001 Games and Schedule |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/2001/gamelog/ |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203043215/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/2001/gamelog/ |archive-date=December 3, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=February 10, 2025 |language=en }}</ref> Jauron was named the 2001 [[NFL Coach of the Year Award|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]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bears get first division title in 11 years |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bears-get-first-division-title-in-11-years-1.303014 |date=January 6, 2002 |work=[[CBC Sports]] |access-date=February 16, 2009 |archive-date=March 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313033046/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bears-get-first-division-title-in-11-years-1.303014 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Bears PFR">{{cite web |title=Chicago Bears Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/ |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |language=en |archive-date=August 30, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830025837/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After earning their first division title in 11 years, however, Chicago lost a home game to the [[Philadelphia Eagles]], 33–19, in the NFC Divisional Playoffs.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Dave |date=January 20, 2002 |title=Before the Collapse Came the Crunch |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/20/sports/on-pro-football-before-the-collapse-came-the-crunch.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110054228/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/20/sports/on-pro-football-before-the-collapse-came-the-crunch.html |archive-date=November 10, 2012 |access-date=February 16, 2009 |work=[[The New York Times]] |at=sec. 8, p.3}}</ref> The Bears did not return to the playoffs under Jauron, finishing 4–12 and 7–9 in his last two seasons with the team.<ref name="Bears PFR" /> He was fired by the Bears after the 2003 season and replaced by Lovie Smith.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Axson |first1=Scooby |title=Former Chicago Bears, Buffalo Bills head coach Dick Jauron dies at 74 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/02/08/former-chicago-bears-buffalo-bills-coach-dick-jauron-dies/78359212007/ |website=[[USA Today]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |date=February 8, 2025 |archive-date=February 10, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210074408/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2025/02/08/former-chicago-bears-buffalo-bills-coach-dick-jauron-dies/78359212007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Detroit Lions===
Jauron was then, prior to the [[2004 NFL season|2004 season]], hired by the [[Detroit Lions]] as a defensive coordinator.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kownack |first1=Bobby |title=Former Bears, Bills head coach Dick Jauron dies at 74 |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/former-bears-bills-head-coach-dick-jauron-dies-at-74 |website=[[National Football League]] |access-date=February 11, 2025 |date=February 8, 2025 |archive-date=February 10, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210011241/https://www.nfl.com/news/former-bears-bills-head-coach-dick-jauron-dies-at-74 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was promoted to interim head coach of the Lions on November 28, 2005, after the mid-season firing of [[Steve Mariucci]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Clifton |title=Lions Fire Mariucci and Promote Jauron |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/29/sports/football/lions-fire-mariucci-and-promote-jauron.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=February 11, 2025 |date=November 29, 2005 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529195050/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/29/sports/football/lions-fire-mariucci-and-promote-jauron.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Detroit was 4–7 when Jauron took over and won only one of their last five games, finishing the season 5–11.<ref name="Reuters obit" /><ref name="Jauron coaching PFR" /> Although Jauron was one of many candidates who interviewed for the head coaching position after the season, he was passed over for [[Rod Marinelli]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Lions hire Marinelli as new coach |url=https://www.patriots.com/news/lions-hire-marinelli-as-new-coach-93736 |website=[[New England Patriots]] |date=January 19, 2006 |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=February 11, 2025 |archive-date=December 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210054810/https://www.patriots.com/news/lions-hire-marinelli-as-new-coach-93736 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Buffalo Bills===
Jauron was named the 14th head coach in [[Buffalo Bills]] history on January 23, 2006, following the resignation of [[Mike Mularkey]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Second impression: Jauron hired as Bills coach |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2303162 |date=January 24, 2006 |work=[[ESPN]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=February 16, 2009 |archive-date=November 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121023811/http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=2303162 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Bills obit" /> He led the Bills to three consecutive 7–9 records, finishing respectively third, second and fourth in the [[AFC East]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Buffalo Bills Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/index.htm |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |language=en |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223200052/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008 the team started 5–1, but ended the season on a 2–8 skid.<ref>{{cite web |title=Buffalo Bills 2008 Games and Schedule |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/buf/2008/gamelog/ |website=[[Pro Football Reference]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Bills owner [[Ralph Wilson]] announced on December 30, 2008, that Jauron would be brought back for the 2009 season despite the expiration of his three-year contract.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bills' Jauron to keep job through 2009 |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3800733 |date=December 30, 2008 |work=[[ESPN]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref> On the morning of September 4, 2009, Jauron fired his offensive coordinator, [[Turk Schonert]], in a morning meeting before the regular season began. Two different viewpoints emerged, Jauron stating in a press conference the reason for his firing was a "lack of productivity", while Schonert claimed that Jauron told him that he "had too many formations, too many plays", and that he "didn't simplify it to his liking."<ref>{{cite news |title=Schonert says O 'wasn't simple enough' |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4450938 |date=September 6, 2009 |work=[[ESPN]] |archive-date=November 19, 2023 |access-date=July 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119030336/https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4450938 |url-status=live }}</ref> Schonert was replaced the same day by former Buffalo Bills quarterback and then quarterbacks coach [[Alex Van Pelt]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bills fire O-boss, promote QBs coach |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4446060 |date=September 4, 2009 |work=[[ESPN]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |archive-date=July 21, 2024 |access-date=July 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721184136/https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4446060 |url-status=live }}</ref> On November 17, 2009, Jauron was fired by the Bills after starting the season 3–6. He ended his tenure with the Bills with an overall record of 24–33.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Clayton |first1=John |title=Struggling Bills fire coach Jauron after 3-6 start |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4664167 |website=[[ESPN]] |access-date=February 11, 2025 |language=en |date=November 17, 2009 |archive-date=January 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119103935/https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4664167 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Philadelphia Eagles===
On February 3, 2010, Jauron was hired by the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] as a senior assistant and [[defensive backs coach]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Eagles hire Jauron to help stabilize secondary |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4883395 |website=[[ESPN]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=February 10, 2025 |language=en |date=February 3, 2010}}</ref>

===Cleveland Browns===
On January 21, 2011, Jauron was named defensive coordinator by the [[Cleveland Browns]]. He replaced [[Rob Ryan]], who then became defensive coordinator for the [[Dallas Cowboys]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Browns name Jauron as defensive coordinator |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/sports/browns-name-jauron-as-defensive-coordinator-idUSTRE70L08B/ |website=[[Reuters]] |access-date=February 11, 2025 |date=January 21, 2011}}</ref> On January 18, 2013, newly hired head coach [[Rob Chudzinski]] hired [[Ray Horton]] as defensive coordinator, subsequently firing Jauron 10 days later.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gantt |first1=Darin |title=Browns officially fire Dick Jauron, believe it or not |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/browns-officially-fire-dick-jauron-believe-it-or-not |website=[[NBC Sports]] |access-date=February 11, 2025 |date=January 28, 2013}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
Jauron and his wife Gail had two daughters, Kacy and Amy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Freeman |first=Mike |date=November 28, 1999 |title=PRO FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Idea in Chicago is All Work With Some Play |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/28/sports/pro-football-notebook-idea-in-chicago-is-all-work-with-some-play.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914212536/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/28/sports/pro-football-notebook-idea-in-chicago-is-all-work-with-some-play.html |archive-date=September 14, 2017 |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=[[The New York Times]] |at=sec. 8, p.4}}</ref>

Jauron died from cancer on February 8, 2025, at the age of 74.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Charean |author-link=Charean Williams |date=February 8, 2025 |title=Former NFL player, coach Dick Jauron dies at 74 |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/former-nfl-player-coach-dick-jauron-dies-at-74 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209130308/https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/former-nfl-player-coach-dick-jauron-dies-at-74 |archive-date=February 9, 2025 |access-date=February 8, 2025 |website=[[NBC Sports]]}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
!Won!!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-
![[1999 Chicago Bears season|CHI]]||[[1999 NFL season|1999]]
||6||10||0||.375||5th in NFC Central|| – || – || – || –
|-
![[2000 Chicago Bears season|CHI]]||[[2000 NFL season|2000]]
||5||11||0||.313||5th in NFC Central|| – || – || – || –
|-! style="background:#fdd;"
![[2001 Chicago Bears season|CHI]]||[[2001 NFL season|2001]]
||13||3||0||.813||'''1st in NFC Central'''||0||1||.000||<Small>'''Lost to [[2001 Philadelphia Eagles season|Philadelphia Eagles]] in [[2001–02 NFL playoffs|NFC Divisional Game]]'''</small>
|-
![[2002 Chicago Bears season|CHI]]||[[2002 NFL season|2002]]
||4||12||0||.250||3rd in NFC North|| – || – || – || – 
|- 
![[2003 Chicago Bears season|CHI]]||[[2003 NFL season|2003]]
||7||9||0||.438||3rd in NFC North|| – || – || – || – 
|-
! colspan="2"|CHI total||35||45||0||.438|||| – || – || – || –
|-
![[2005 Detroit Lions season|DET]]||[[2005 NFL season|2005]]*
||1||4||0||.200||3rd in NFC North|| – || – || – || – 
|-
! colspan="2"|DET total||1||4||0||.400|||| – || – || – || –
|-
![[2006 Buffalo Bills season|BUF]]||[[2006 NFL season|2006]]
||7||9||0||.438||3rd in AFC East|| – || – || – || – 
|- 
![[2007 Buffalo Bills season|BUF]]||[[2007 NFL season|2007]]
||7||9||0||.438||2nd in AFC East|| – || – || – || – 
|- 
![[2008 Buffalo Bills season|BUF]]||[[2008 NFL season|2008]]
||7||9||0||.438||4th in AFC East|| – || – || – || –
|-
![[2009 Buffalo Bills season|BUF]]||[[2009 NFL season|2009]]
||3||6||0||.333||Fired|| – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|BUF total||24||33||0||.421|||| – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|Total||60||82||0||.423||||0||1||.000||
|-
|}
<small>*''Interim head coach''</small>

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