Rivera was hired ahead of the 2011 season and he was there for the vast majority of Newton's Panthers career. He, similarly to his former pupils, was critical of Newton's chosen language.

Things were trending in the wrong direction. It's a decision former coach Ron Rivera never had to make. He had Cam Newton for all of his coaching tenure, only sitting him once as a violation for ...

That was also Ron Rivera’s first year as Carolina’s head coach, with the club coming off a 2-14 season in 2010. Rivera said in a recent interview with Joe Person of TheAthletic.com that Newton ...

That was also Ron Rivera’s first year as Carolina’s head coach, with the club coming off a 2-14 season in 2010. Rivera said in a recent interview with Joe Person of TheAthletic.com that Newton could ...

Ron Rivera and Cam Newton once upon a time made a great team. So good, in fact, that the quarterback of the Carolina Panthers won MVP and took his team to the Super Bowl. Years later, Rivera is ...

When he arrived in Carolina to be the head coach of the Panthers back in 2011, there were a few things Ron Rivera had going for him. But none was as important as the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft ...

Ron Rivera spent part of Wednesday packing memorabilia and personal items from 40 years as an NFL player, assistant and head coach into boxes in his house in northern Virginia. The movers will get ...

Ron Rivera believes his former defensive stalwart Luke Kuechly should have been a first-ballot Hall of Famer. The former Carolina Panthers and Washington Commanders head coach made his opinion ...

Eyebrows were raised last offseason when new Washington Commanders general manager Adam Peters kept former coach Ron Rivera's top personnel executives on staff. When Peters was hired and continued ...