Background
Jauss, Dave was born on January 16, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Bill Jauss.
Jauss, Dave was born on January 16, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Bill Jauss.
Jauss attended school at Amherst College, where he was a teammate of future MLB general manager Dan Duquette. He also received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and a Master of Surgery in Sport Management from what is now the Isenberg School of Management"s Mark H. McCormack Department of Sport Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
College career
He was the captain of both the baseball and basketball teams at Amherst. Jauss served as the head baseball coach at Westfield State College in 1982-1984, and then Atlantic Christian College in 1985-1987. Professional career
In 1988, when Duquette became the Montreal Expos" director of player development, Jauss was hired by field coordinator Jerry Manuel as a manager in the Expos" farm system.
Between 1988 and 1994, Jauss managed the Gulf Coast Expos, West Palm Beach Expos, and Harrisburg Senators.
He also managed winter baseball in the Dominican Republic and led Licey to the Caribbean Series title in 1999. In 1995, Jauss was the field coordinator for player development of the Baltimore Orioles, and the following year, he became the advance scout for the Boston Red Sox, reunited with Duquette.
= Major League Baseball In 1997, he was named the Red Sox first base coach, a position he held between 1997 and 1999. lieutenant was there that he met Grady Little who was serving as the team"s bench coach at the time.
Jauss then served as the Red Sox minor league field coordinator from 2000-2001.
In 2001, Jauss became the Red Sox bench coach. Then, in 2002, he was their director of player development and from 2003-2005 he was the Red Sox" Major League advance scout, playing a role in the club"s 2004 World Series triumph. In 2006 he was named bench coach of the Dodgers under manager Grady Little, a position he held through 2007.
During the 2008–2009 seasons, he was the bench coach for the Baltimore Orioles.
Jauss left the Orioles after the 2009 season He was the bench coach for the New York Mets in 2010. Then, in November 2011, he was named to the Pirates" professional scouting staff, serving one season before returning to coaching.
He is the son of the late Bill Jauss, longtime sportswriter for The Chicago Tribune and panelist on the television program The Sportswriters on television
Married Billie Jauss, December 31, 1988. Children: DJ, Charley, Will.