Jauron played five seasons as a defensive back with the Lions and then three with the Cincinnati Eagles, before retiring in 1980. Five years later, he was hired as a defensive bac

Longtime NFL player and coach Dick Jauron, who led the Chicago Bears to the playoffs and was voted AP coach of the year in 2001, died Saturday. He was 74.

Richard Manuel Jauron — first-team All-America running back, eight-year defensive back in the NFL, head coach of the Buffalo Bills and the Chicago Bears and interim head coach of the Detroit Lions, record-breaking Massachusetts running back, hometown hero in Swampscott — died Saturday. He was 74.