Successful College GameDay led to Ron Rivera being hired as Cal football GM

July 22, 2025

By Jake Curtis, California Golden Bears on SI: Ron Rivera took some time on Tuesday to describe exactly how he became the Cal football general manager. Here is what he said:

“What happened is Cal for the first time has a chancellor [Rich Lyons] who was an undergrad [at Cal]. So now we have this new chancellor, so when ESPN came and did what they did as far as GameDay and the experience that we had it really ignited everybody’s excitement and appetite to see Cal really be successful in football. So he got the message. He got the feeling of it. And my wife [Stephanie] is on the board of trustees. So he reaches out to my wife and said, ‘I’d love to talk to Ron about some things that I need to know more about.’

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Ron Rivera Describes How He Became Cal Football General Manager

Ron Rivera took some time on Tuesday describe exactly how he became the Cal football general manager. Here is what he said: “What happened is Cal for the first

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