The Chicago Bears lost two impactful figures in the past week: chairman and owner Virginia McCaskey and former head coach Dick Jauron.

Jauron passed away on Feb. 8th at the age of 74. He coached the Bears from 1999-2003.

Former Bears center Olin Kreutz joined Mully and Haugh on 670 The Score Monday morning and shared the impact Jauron had on his career and how it went well beyond the football field.

“I learned so much from that man about being a man and a football player,” Kreutz said. “Thing was, he was a football player. He did play in the NFL and you could tell that when he coached you, taught you things. He taught you how to play in the NFL, how to be a pro. Ultimate professional, ultimate team guy, ultimate way on how to carry yourself like a man. I learned how to be a dad from that guy. A young guy like me, 22 years old coming out of Hawaii, watching the way he carried himself to watching the way he treated his wife, his daughters.

“Coach Jauron had his little way of telling you, ‘Oh you didn’t play good enough. You didn’t do enough there.’ I remember being shocked that a quiet guy would look me in my eyes and tell me basically I sucked. That was the way he carried himself. He never lied to you.”

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Jauron finished with a record of 35-45 over 5 seasons with the Bears.

In 2001, Jauron took the Bears into the postseason before falling to the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Divisional Game.