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
bow handle neck
You only have so many. You've got to bow your neck and do with what you've got. That's how you handle it.
block establish hard pressure run time
Obviously, we couldn't block them very well, you could see that. We couldn't establish the run and had a hard time with pressure off the edge.
focused potential stay teams win
Many times it's the teams that stay the most focused that win the games. There's a lot of potential to be distracted.
beat coast momentum remember swing ten west win
I can remember through the '80s, no one in the Big Ten could out to the West Coast and win and then in the '90s, they couldn't beat us. It's cyclical. It's a swing in momentum in conferences.
days dog learn light push work
It's the Dog Days of camp. You can't see the light at the end of the tunnel. But this is where you have to work through it. This is where you can get your conditioning and learn to push yourself when you're tired.
brought fans football main pride proud
The main thing I'm most proud of is that we brought pride back to our fans for our football program.
cost game joe mentioned seen three tough written
I think Joe has mentioned it and I've seen it written before, that our game may have cost them two or three games. They couldn't get that game out of their system, it was such a tough loss.
agreed late
He agreed with my assessment. So we'll get a late flag.
effort given playing reward special teams tremendous
Our special teams have been playing very well and they've given us tremendous effort. I wanted to reward someone, acknowledge someone who exemplified the effort that we look for in a special team - and that's what Zach has done.
pick
Did you say not too many would pick (us) to be in this position?
man played proud
Man did he play. I was really proud of him. . . . I really thought he played exceptional for a young kid.
duties fill football position season senior staff
It was important for me to redistribute Jamie's duties in the short-term. We will fill a position on the senior staff after the football season concludes.
duties fill football position season senior staff
It was important for me to redistribute Jamie's duties in the short-term, ... We will fill a position on the senior staff after the football season concludes.
fortunate lucky played
I feel fortunate to win. You are very lucky if you don't play well and win. I didn't think we played very well today.