CHARLOTTE – Aside from being the head coaches of the top two professional sports franchises in the state of North Carolina, Panthers head coach Ron Rivera and new Hornets head coach James Borrego have another obvious tie.
Rivera is the only current Hispanic head coach in the NFL and the third ever, while Borrego recently became the first full-time Hispanic head coach in the NBA.
They both take pride in that but don't see it as the end-all of their budding friendship.
"We haven't talked about it. I don't look at it through the lens of being Hispanic or breaking barriers," said Borrego, who attended a Panthers organized team activity for the second time Wednesday.