Commanders head coach and Seaside native Ron Rivera to play AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am

PEBBL BEACH, Calif. (KION-TV) — Washington Commanders head coach and Seaside native Ron Rivera has been named the star player of this year’s AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Rivera led the team to an 8-8-1 season this year. He will be reunited with his former quarterback, Alex Smith, who will also play in this year’s tournament.

Rivera is playing in the tournament for the first time.

Ron Rivera received two NFL Coach of the Year awards in 2013 and 2015, the latter year he reached the Super Bowl and lost to the Denver Broncos. He also won Super Bowl XX as a player.

Celebrities to take part in AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am 2023

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am launches Monday.

Celebrities are a hot topic as they come to play in droves every year.

Bill Murray will grace the course again, as he does every year. Returning guests include actor Ray Romano, former 49ers guards Steve Young and Alex Smith, rappers Schoolboy Q and Macklemore, and more.

Three-time World Series champion and former San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey will return to the Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He last competed in the tournament in 2015.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will return to the field. There is an assumption that in the off-season he may go to a greener pasture. Perhaps they meant the ones in Pebble Beach.

Other celebrities include:

• Ilenium
• Will Arnett
• Bret Bayer
• Gareth Bale
• Nate Bargatze
• Jason Bateman
• Eric Church
• Kira K. Dixon
• Josh Duhamel
• Scott Eastwood
• Larry Fitzgerald
• By Gasol
• Thomas Keller
• Charles Kelly
• Michael Peña
• Pat Monahan
• Lucas Nelson
• Chris O’Donnell
• Jake Owen
• Ben Rector
• Alfonso Ribeiro
• Darius Rucker