The Big 12 is expected to adopt a similar enhanced replay access in the coming year.

Commissioner Jim Phillips praised Riveron’s transparency and collaborative approach, thanking him for his contributions and wishing him well, while Riveron stressed integrity, preparation, and teamwork as core officiating values and noted the league’s support.

The ACC began allowing TV viewers to hear live replay reviews on select broadcasts, a feature introduced during Riveron’s tenure, and it expanded real-time referee discussions among officials, the in-stadium replay official, and the league’s game day operations center for certain games on ESPN and ACC Network, which received positive feedback and will continue this season.

Last season, the ACC and ESPN aired replay deliberations in real time for select games, a level of replay transparency that drew favorable reviews and influenced other leagues to consider a similar model.

Riveron moved to the United States from Cuba at age five and is fluent in both English and Spanish.

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Al Riveron is stepping down as the ACC’s supervisor of football officials after more than three decades in officiating.

The ACC has launched a national search for Riveron’s replacement, with the football season beginning next month.

Before joining the ACC in 2022, Riveron served as the NFL’s senior vice president of officiating from 2017 to 2020.

During his tenure, Riveron oversaw the redesign of the gameday operations center as the league moved its headquarters from Greensboro to Charlotte, integrating officials with stadium staff in a central replay room.

Under Riveron, the ACC built a redesigned Charlotte headquarters-centered gameday operations center that centralizes replay reviews and collaboration among officials and stadium staff.