Ron Rivera’s future with the Carolina Panthers has come into question during the team’s current six-game losing streak, with fans and media publicly wondering whether the team wants him back for the 2019 season.
While those questions remain, there’s no doubt the former NFL Coach of the Year would be back on the Panthers’ sideline next season were it up to him.
“I’m very happy where I am,” Rivera said Monday. “I really do appreciate my place here on this football team and in this city and in this community.”
Fewer than 12 hours after his team lost its Monday Night Football matchup with the New Orleans Saints, the eighth-year head coach returned to Bank of America Stadium and fielded questions varying from the status of Cam Newton’s shoulder to the frustrations of a once-promising season spiraling into oblivion.