Fox News - Fair & Balanced

Dick Jauron

Eagles hire former Bills coach Dick Jauron as assistant/defensive backs coach

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Dick Jauron is back in the NFL.The former Bills head coach was hired Wednesday by the Philadelphia Eagles as a senior assistant/defensive backs coach."Long before he became a defensive coordinator and head coach in this league, Dick Jauron was considered to be one of, if not the best defensive backs coaches in the game," Eagles head coach Andy Reid said. "We welcome his experience and knowledge of the game and look forward to adding him to our defensive coaching staff."Jauron replaces Brian Stewart, who left after one season to become defensive coordinator at the University of Houston. Jauron was fired by the Bills in November after a 3-6 start. He was 24-33 in Buffalo in three-plus seasons.Jauron was 35-46 as Chicago's coach from 1999 to 2003, and 1-4 as Detroit's interim coach in 2005. Jauron previously worked with Reid in Green Bay on Mike Holmgren's staff in the early 1990s."I was flattered when Andy called and I just couldn't resist taking it," Jauron said. "Th...

Read More

  1. Shurmur, Browns badly needing first win

    The Browns are about to change owners. That may not be good for their coach.Unless he gets a win, Pat Shurmur's days could be dwindling.With his team riding a franch...

  2. Cleveland Browns 2012 Season Preview

    - Somewhere, Art Modell is laughing.Seventeen years after the reviled former Cleveland Browns owner moved his franchise to Baltimore, 13 years after the new Browns r...

  3. Defensive back Sheldon Brown in comfort zone with Cleveland's new-look defense

    Sheldon Brown made defensive plays at Cleveland Browns camp on Tuesday like he knew what was coming.The veteran cornerback stepped in front of receivers to knock awa...

  4. Hired Help: Cleveland Browns name former Vikings coach Brad Childress offensive coordinator

    Pat Shurmur brought in a close friend to help him fix Cleveland's broken offense.Shurmur hired former Minnesota coach Brad Childress as his first offensive coordinat...

  5. College Football Hall of Fame class has 38 FCS candidates

    Thirty-eight former players from Football Championship Subdivision schools are part of the 2012 ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame.Included are former Walt...

  6. McCoy, Browns top Packers in preseason opener

    Colt McCoy was sharp in his first preseason of-10 passes for 135 yards and a touchdown to 17.The former Texas Longhorn capped his first drive -- an eight-play, 71-ya...

  7. Cleveland Browns 2011 Season Preview

    If the changes to the Cleveland Browns came at a steady pace last season, then the 2011 version of the club has transformed itself at, to quote Mel Brooks ' epic sci...

  8. Week 1: Will Peyton's plight lead to Indy's undoing?

    It's been argued that Peyton Manning is season achievements into consideration.The overall body of work is staggering. A quartet of MVP awards, the most of any singl...

  9. Dalton to lead Bengals into Cleveland in Shurmur's debut

    Cleveland's Pat Shurmur may be one of the new coaches in the league, but Marvin Lewis ' Cincinnati squad isn't lacking in new faces either.Shurmur will make his head...

  10. Cleveland Browns terminate contracts of 6 players, including NT Shaun Rogers

    The Cleveland Browns are cleaning house.On Wednesday, the team terminated the contracts of some big-name players, including their biggest player — enormous nose tack...

  11. Buffalo Bills dismiss chief scout Tom Modrak as they restructure the personnel department

    Tom Modrak is out as the Bills chief scout after being fired on Wednesday, days after playing a role in what was regarded as a successful three-day NFL draft for Buf...

  12. Signs of life in Buffalo? 'Nice to have a coach that will fight for you.'

    No one except Chan Gailey knows why he set off at the end of practice to lecture a handful of teenage hecklers, but whatever it was, good for him.Gailey was on the 1...

  1. Cleveland Browns hire former NFL coach Dick Jauron as their defensive coordinator

    Browns coach Pat Shurmur joked about his defense at his introductory news conference. But he hired someone serious to run it.Shurmur called on former NFL head coach ...

  2. Browns name Horton defensive coordinator

    The Cleveland Browns made Ray Horton their new defensive coordinator on Friday.Horton thought he was in position to become the new head coach of the Arizona Cardinal...

  3. Homecoming for Crennel, Quinn as Chiefs visit Cleveland

    Prior to last weekend, the most pertinent Kansas City Chiefs story angle for a Week 14 game at Cleveland would have been the returns of quarterback Brady Quinn and r...

  4. Bills enduring 13-year march toward irrelevance

    Some 13 years later, Rob Johnson wonders what might have been.Recalling a day that was one of the Buffalo Bills' darkest moments and now stands as the franchise's la...

  5. Extra Points: Schwartz proves to be Thanksgiving's biggest turkey

    Jim Schwartz has been regarded as a pretty good coach in Detroit, the very definition of the soft bigotry of low expectations.Schwartz arrived in the Motor City afte...

  6. Browns activate DT Phil Taylor

    The Browns' defense got a whole lot bigger, and a whole lot healthier.Massive tackle Phil Taylor was activated Friday from the physically-unable-to-perform list and ...

  7. Browns and Ravens renew rivalry in Charm City

    Fresh off a thrilling last second win over fellow AFC powerhouse New England, the Baltimore Ravens will cap off a short week on Thursday by searching for their ninth...

‹ Prev12345Next ›