Barry Alvarez

Who is Barry Alvarez?

Barry Alvarez is a former American football coach who is currently the Director of Athletics 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.

His hand-picked successor, Bret Bielema, left the program in December 2012 to take the head coaching position at the University of Arkansas, prompting Alvarez to announce that he would return as interim head coach of the Badgers, managing the team through the 2013 Rose Bowl. Alvarez was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2010.