Viva Rivera.
NFL Coach of the Year contender Ron Rivera and the Carolina Panthers are expected to have the support of the Hispanic community when they play the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 next Sunday.
Rivera is Hispanic, raised by a mother of Mexican descent and a father whose family still calls Puerto Rico home.
With Rivera now in his fifth year at the helm, the Panthers' popularity has become so widespread in the Hispanic community they now employ their own broadcast team to call their games in Spanish.
Rivera knows he isn't the first Hispanic to coach in a Super Bowl — Tom Flores won two championships with the Oakland Raiders — but jokes he still feels like a "trail blazer.