Barry Alvarez
Barry Alvarez
Barry Lee Alvarezis a former American football coach who is currently the athletic director at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He served as the head football coach at Wisconsin for 16 seasons, from 1990 to 2005, compiling a career college football record of 118–73–4. He has the longest head coaching tenure and the most wins in Wisconsin Badgers football history. Alvarez stepped down as head coach after the 2005 season, remaining as athletics director...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth30 December 1946
higher priority
I have one other priority that sits a little higher than replacing Jamie,
adding bright brings join knows native thrilled
I'm thrilled to be adding Shawn to our administrative team. He brings a lot to the table. ... Being a native of Wisconsin, he knows our state. We are getting a very well-rounded and bright person to join our staff.
determine field special teams third
That's a third of the game, ... And special teams determine field position.
approach bowl cherish days deal emotional last stay trying
I try to stay away from making a big deal about this being my last game. I've had some very emotional days. I just always try to cherish the days before a bowl game. I'm trying to approach this one like I do all of them.
blood came minutes pressure took
They came in and took my blood pressure about 10 minutes after the game, and it was off the charts,
games good kept offense rewarded sneak weeks win
The offense battled, kept us in games two weeks in a row. To be rewarded the way we did and sneak out of here with a win is pretty good for these guys.
sick
That just makes you sick when something like that happens.
biggest bonus freshman guy step true
That may have been the biggest play of the game. That little guy (Davis) just makes plays. And that's a bonus when you get a true freshman to step in and play like he does.
glad time type whatever willing
It just showed me the type of person he is, that he was glad that he was here and whatever he could do at that time without being able to play on Saturdays he was willing to do for the team.
glad type
It just showed me the type of person he is, that he was glad that he was here.
crowd largest maybe motor national ranked stadium talk teams tv
You have two ranked teams and I think this is the second-biggest stadium in the country. They talk about this maybe being the largest crowd ever at the stadium, national TV again, play for a lot; if that doesn't get your motor running, there's something wrong.
athletics drafted easy entire front great guys lose played research written
When you lose the entire front four, and they were all drafted by the NFL, it's easy to say you won't be any good, ... But when you really research it, you see those guys have played and they have the ability. The great thing about athletics is that what's written doesn't make any difference. It's what you do.
guys hard secondary
We were on some of our secondary guys pretty hard this week.
block dropping specific
We had a specific block put in. It would have had a chance, but the punter cooperated by dropping the ball.