David Patrick Jauss (born January 16, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional baseball scout who has also been a coach for a number of Major League teams and a minor league manager. In November 2011, he was named to the Pittsburgh Pirates' professional scouting staff. In his most recent MLB coaching assignment, he was the 2010 bench coach for the New York Mets, wearing number 56.
Jauss attended school at Amherst College, where he w...
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David Patrick Jauss (born January 16, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American professional baseball scout who has also been a coach for a number of Major League teams and a minor league manager. In November 2011, he was named to the Pittsburgh Pirates' professional scouting staff. In his most recent MLB coaching assignment, he was the 2010 bench coach for the New York Mets, wearing number 56.
Jauss attended school at Amherst College, where he was a teammate to future Red Sox G.M. Dan Duquette.
He was the captain of both the baseball and basketball teams at Amherst. He also received a B.A. in psychology and a M.S. in Sports Management from the University of Massachusetts.
Jauss served as the head baseball coach at Westfield State College from 1982–84, and then Atlantic Christian College from 1985–87.
In 1988 when Dan Duquette became the Montreal Expos director of player development, Jauss was hired by field coordinator Jerry Manuel as a Manager for the Expos Minor league baseball...
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