Ray Jauch
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Ray Jauch (born 1939 in Mendota, Illinois) was a coach in the Canadian Football League, USFL, and the Arena Football League.
A star high school athlete, Jauch played University of Iowa running back for Forest Evashevski's Hawkeyes. He played in the 1959 Rose Bowl against California. Despite being drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 1960 American Football League Draft, he went to Winnipeg to launch his pro career. His career came to an abrupt halt when he suffered a torn Achilles tendon in the 49th Grey Cup. A year later, Jauch entered coaching and in 1964 returned to Iowa as an assistant on Jerry Burns' staff. Two years later, it was back to Edmonton when Jauch accepted a position on Neill Armstrong's staff. When Armstrong left in 1970 to join Bud Grant in Minnesota, Jauch was elevated head coach.
Jauch coached football in the CFL from 1970-1982. He coached the Edmonton Eskimos from 1970-76. He had a 64-43-4 record, appearing in three Grey Cups, winning in 1973 and won the Annis Stukus Trophy for coach of the year in 1970. He stepped down as head coach following the 1976 season to become director of football operations.
From 1978-82 as coach of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Jauch had a 45-35 record and was coach of the year in 1980.
After the 1982 season, Jauch returned to the U.S. as coach of the USFL's Washington Federals. In the Federals expansion season, the team had a 4-14 record. Jauch was fired after the first game of the 1984 season, a 53-14 loss to the expansion Jacksonville Bulls. Offensive coordinator Dick Bielski replaced Jauch for the final 17 games.
In 1987 Jauch was hired to coach the Chicago Bruisers of the new Arena Football League. His team, which include future NFL head coach Sean Payton, finished with a 2-4 record.
In 1994 Jauch returned to the CFL has coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. In two season in Regina, he had a 17-19 record.
In 1996 he coached the AFL's Minnesota Fighting Pike to a 4-10 record.
His son Jim Jauch is a College Scout for the Cleveland Browns and a former CFL player[1]
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