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#REDIRECT [[Ron Rivera#Personal life]]
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'''Vincent Austin Blake "Bug" Rivera''' (born December 23, 1993) is an [[American football]] [[quality control coach]] for the [[Washington Football Team]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). Before becoming a coach, Rivera was a [[college football]] [[running back]]/[[wide receiver]] at the [[University of California, Berkeley]] and [[San Diego Toreros football|San Diego University]]. He is the nephew of fellow Cal Bear and current Washington Football Team head coach [[Ron Rivera]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Updating Ron Rivera's First Staff|url=https://www.si.com/nfl/washingtonfootball/news/updating-ron-riveras-first-staff|access-date=2020-09-11|website=SI.com|language=en}}</ref>


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== College career ==
Rivera spent two seasons at the University of San Diego<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bug Rivera - Football|url=https://usdtoreros.com/sports/football/roster/bug-rivera/1234|access-date=2020-09-11|website=University of San Diego Athletics|language=en}}</ref>, before transferring to Cal for the 2015 and 2016 seasons, finishing his career in Berkley with 44 catches for 487 yards and four touchdowns.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bug Rivera - Football|url=https://calbears.com/sports/football/roster/bug-rivera/7192|access-date=2020-09-11|website=University of California Golden Bears Athletics|language=en}}</ref>.


[[Category:Washington Commanders coaches]]
He graduated with a degree in film and media studies.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vincent Rivera|url=https://www.washingtonfootball.com/team/coaches-roster/vincent-rivera|access-date=2020-09-11|website=www.washingtonfootball.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Coaching career ==
Rivera spent two seasons with the [[Carolina Panthers]] as defensive quality control coach before joining his uncle's staff in Washington for the 2020 season.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Copeland|first=Kareem|title=Redskins announce their full coaching staff under Ron Rivera|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/01/15/redskins-coaching-staff/|access-date=2020-09-11|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
[https://www.washingtonfootball.com/team/coaches-roster/vincent-rivera Washington Football Team bio]

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