Former Carolina Panthers and Washington Commanders head coach Ron Rivera is returning to the College of California, his alma mater, to assist the soccer program.
“Coach Belichick has made going again to highschool, cool,” Rivera posted to X. “Keep tuned I’m coming house.”
Coach Belichick has made going again to highschool, cool. Keep tuned I’m coming house. @CalAthletics @UCBerkeley @Cal #GoBears🐻
— Ron Rivera (@RiverboatRonHC) February 5, 2025
Rivera’s position would primarily be administrative, and he can be concerned in oversight of this system and its big-picture wants, together with price range, teaching employees and the student-athlete expertise, a supply informed ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg.
“Our alum Ron Rivera is an icon in soccer, for good motive,” Cal chancellor Wealthy Lyons stated in an announcement. “I am thrilled to be in dialogue with him in regards to the particulars of becoming a member of the Cal staff to help and advance our soccer program.”
Lyons added that additional particulars about Rivera’s position can be launched at a later date.
Belichick was employed as North Carolina’s head coach in December after a embellished NFL teaching profession through which he received eight Tremendous Bowls, together with six because the New England Patriots’ head coach.
Rivera, 63, is a member of the Cal Athletics Corridor of Fame and had 337 tackles for the college as a linebacker. He was an All-American in 1983 when he set a faculty file with 26.5 tackles for loss, together with 13 sacks.
Rivera, who was fired by the Commanders final yr, interviewed for each the New York Jets and Chicago Bears head teaching vacancies final month.
Rivera, 63, has spent his complete teaching profession within the NFL, starting in 1997 when he was a defensive high quality management coach for the Chicago Bears. Earlier than being employed because the Panthers’ head coach in 2011, he served as a defensive coordinator with each the Bears and San Diego Chargers.
He has a 102-103-2 file as an NFL head coach and led the Panthers to the Tremendous Bowl within the 2015 season.
Earlier than changing into a coach, he performed 9 seasons as a linebacker for the Chicago Bears, who chosen him within the second spherical of the 1984 draft. He was a member of the Bears’ 1985 Tremendous Bowl champion squad.
