Ron Rivera

Rivera in 2016

Carolina Panthers

Position:

Head coach

Personal information

Date of birth:

January 7, 1962 (age 55)

Place of birth:

Fort Ord, California

Height:

6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)

Weight:

235 lb (107 kg)

Career information

High school:

Seaside (CA)

College:

California

NFL Draft:

1984 / Round: 2 / Pick: 44

Career history

As player:

Chicago Bears (1984–1992)

As coach:

Chicago Bears (1997–1998)
Defensive quality control coach
Philadelphia Eagles (1999–2003)
Linebackers coach
Chicago Bears (2004–2006)
Defensive coordinator
San Diego Chargers (2007)
Linebackers coach
San Diego Chargers (2008–2010)
Defensive coordinator
Carolina Panthers (2011–present)
Head coach

Career highlights and awards

As player

Super Bowl champion (XX)
NFC champion (1985)
Consensus All-American (1983)
Pop Warner Trophy (1983)

As coach

2× NFC champion (2006, 2015)
2x AP NFL Coach of the Year (2013, 2015)
3× PFWA NFL Coach of the Year (2013, 2015, 2016)
PFWA NFL Assistant Coach of the Year (2005)

Career NFL statistics

Quarterback sacks:	7.5
Interceptions:	9
Player stats at NFL.com

Head coaching record

Regular season:

50–37–1 (.574)

Postseason:

3–3 (.500)

Career:

53–40–1 (.569)

Coaching stats at PFR

Quarterback sacks:	7.5
Interceptions:	9
Player stats at NFL.com

Ronaldo Eugene "Ron" Rivera (born January 7, 1962) is an American football coach and former player who is the head coach of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL).

Rivera played college football at the University of California in Berkeley, and was recognized as an All-American linebacker. He was selected in the second round of the 1984 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears, and was a backup on the 1985 team which won Super Bowl XX.

As a coach, Rivera was the defensive coordinator for Bears in the 2006, who were NFC champions and competed in Super Bowl XLI. In 2011, he was named head coach of the Carolina Panthers. Rivera was recognized as the NFL Coach of the Year by the Associated Press in 2013 and in 2015. Since taking over the Panthers, he has led the team to three straight divisional titles, and an appearance in Super Bowl 50.

Rivera was granted a football scholarship to California, where he was a consensus All-American linebacker, leading the Golden Bears in tackles for his last three years as a player. He once held Cal's all-time sack and career tackles records, and still holds the record for most tackles for loss in a season, set in 1983. Rivera was the MVP of the 1984 East-West Shrine Game.

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