Ron Rivera has coached in the NFL for nearly three decades, but he is now trying a much different venture. Rivera has been named the general manager of the football program at the University of California,

Ron Rivera, some 45 years after excelling as a Cal linebacker, officially returned to Berkeley on Thursday as the football program’s general manager.

Ron Rivera spent more than three decades in the NFL and had opportunities to return to the sideline as an assistant when a more intriguing option came his way.