Head Coach Ron Rivera says he has cancer but plans to keep coaching the Washington Football Team.

In a statement, the team wrote that Rivera, 58, has squamous cell carcinoma in a lymph node.

“This cancer is in an early stage and is considered very treatable and curable, providing a good prognosis for Coach Rivera for a full recovery,” the team wrote in a statement.

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Rivera took over as head coach this year. It has been a tumultuous period for the team, which changed its name in July after resisting calls for years to retire what was a racist slur. Its current name, “Washington Football Team,” is a placeholder until a new name is picked. Also in July, more than a dozen women told The Washington Post they were sexually harassed while working for the football team.

Rivera told ESPN he discovered a lump on his neck in early July and went to a doctor after it didn’t go away. He was diagnosed two weeks ago, he says, adding, “I was angry because I feel like I’m in the best health I’ve been in.”

Team president Jason Wright tweeted his support, writing, “Adding my prayers for health to the innate strength and deep resilience” for the coach.

Wright is the NFL’s first Black team president, named this month.

Rivera will continue to work and asked the team to “keep things business as usual,” although the team wrote there is also a Plan B in place.

The pandemic added further hurdles to the coming fall season: no fans will attend games at FedEx Field to avoid spreading disease. Team owner Dan Snyder said, “we are working to find ways to make our fans’ presence felt in new and innovative ways.”