Former Chicago Bears Head Coach Dick Jauron has died Saturday morning at the age of 74. Jauron coached the Bears for five seasons from 1999 to 2003 and was named the AP Coach of the Year in 2001, leading the team to a 13-3 record.

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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.

Jauron, who spent eight total seasons as a head coach for the Bills and Bears, passed away after a short bout with cancer, according to a Facebook post from his daughter Kacy, who wrote he was “the very best son, brother, friend, teammate, husband, father, coach, HUMAN that we were all so lucky to love.”

Former Chicago Bears running back David Montgomery had a clear message about what kind of coach Ben Johnson is.

Displayed in a wicker chair on the front porch of Ben Johnson’s boyhood home, atop a hill 15 minutes southeast of downtown, is a framed sign with North Carolina Tar Heels logos that reads, “Whatever It Takes.