Ray Jauch Ray Jauch ( born February 11 , 1938 ) is a former coach in the Canadian Football League , USFL , and the Arena Football League . A star high school athlete , Jauch played running back for the 1958 National Champion University of Iowa Hawkeyes , leading the nation in yards per carry . 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 in the CFL . 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 Canada where Jauch accepted a position on Neill Armstrong ' s Edmonton Eskimos 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 Cup s , winning in 1975 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 1986 and 1987 , Jauch coached the Washington - Lee Generals Virginia High School league [ VHSL ] team in Arlington , Virginia . He was assisted by ex - U . VA RB David Hall , who played one year for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers . 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 . After being fired by the Bruisers , Jauch served as the head coach of Madison High School ( 1988 ) and Saint Ambrose University ( 1990 ) and the Arena Football League ' s director of operations ( 1989 ) before returning to the CFL as the offensive coordinator of the Saskatchewan Roughriders . He served as acting head coach for two games while Don Matthews was in the hospital following emergency appendectomy . In 1994 , he was promoted to head coach . In his two seasons as Roughriders head coach , he had a 18 - 20 record . In 1996 he coached the AFL ' s Minnesota Fighting Pike to a 4 - 10 record . One of his " finds " was signing a college free agent in West Virginia kicker Mike Vanderjagt . He released Vanderjagt after just two games . His sons Jim Jauch ( currently a College Scout for the San Diego Chargers ) and Joey Jauch both played college football at the University of North Carolina and are themselves former CFL players . A third son , Jeff Jauch , is the owner of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the United States Hockey League . Ray Jauch is currently the defensive coordinator for Metrolina Christian Academy .