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| Position: | Safety |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | October 7, 1950 Peoria, Illinois, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Swampscott (Swampscott, Massachusetts) |
| College: | Yale |
| NFL draft: | 1973 / Round: 4 / Pick: 91 |
| Career history | |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | 60–82 (.423) |
| Postseason: | 0–1 (.000) |
| Career: | 60–83 (.420) |
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Richard Manuel Jauron (born October 7, 1950) is an American former professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL). He played eight seasons in the NFL as a safety, five with the Detroit Lions and three with the Cincinnati Bengals. Jauron served as the head coach 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. Jauron was named the AP Coach of the Year in 2001 after leading the Bears to a 13–3 record.
Jauron played college football at Yale University. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2015.[1] Jauron was selected a NFF Scholar Athlete in 1972.