Ron Rivera is an American football head coach for the Washington Commanders of the National Football League (NFL) . He was born on January 7, 1962, in Fort Ord, California. His father, Eugenio Rivera, was a Puerto Rican commissioned officer in the US Army stationed in California, and his mother, Dolores, is of Mexican and Filipino descent. Therefore, Ron Riveras nationality is American, and his ethnicity is a blend of Puerto Rican, Mexican, and Filipino.