Former Chicago Bears linebacker and defensive coordinator Ron Rivera has emerged as a candidate to become the team’s head coach. Rivera is expected to interview with the club Sunday, according ...

ASHBURN, Va. -- Ron Rivera was chatting with former Chicago Bears teammate Walter Payton on the sidelines during a game in 1996. The conversation started about a defensive call; it ended with ...

Ron Rivera is a proven head coach with success who also has ties to the team’s glory days. Well, it has only been a week since the season ended and the Chicago Bears search for a new head coach ...

Rivera, of course, is also a former Bears linebacker—playing for the Bears under Mike Ditka from 1984 until 1992. He was part of the legendary Super Bowl XX champion 1985 Bears team.

Rivera served as the Chicago Bears' defensive coordinator from 2004 to 2006 before landing head coaching jobs with the Carolina Panthers and Washington Commanders. He was named the NFL's Coach of ...

In 1982, George Halas reached into Chicago Bears history to find a head coach and hired Mike Ditka. In 2025, the team Halas founded needs to consider its history again. There are candidates with ...

CHICAGO — And you thought the Washington Commanders had a wild morning. On a chilly and, yes, windy Thursday night at venerable Soldier Field, 1 yard separated Ron Rivera’s team from a fifth ...

Rivera was a consensus All-America linebacker at Cal in 1983, and played nine NFL seasons with the Chicago Bears. He was also a defensive coordinator for the NFL's Bears before becoming a head coach.

ASHBURN, Va. -- Ron Rivera was chatting with former Chicago Bears teammate Walter Payton on the sidelines during a game in 1996. The conversation started about a defensive call; it ended with ...

Ron Rivera is a proven head coach with success who also has ties to the team’s glory days. The Chicago Bears announced a long list of candidates to fill their head coaching vacancy.