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
bowl brought football pride proud talk
You can talk about buildings, you can talk about bowl victories. I think the thing I'm most proud of is we brought pride back to our fans, to our football program.
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So, I thought we had a chance to be a nice football team. Knowing what the majority of our league had returning, I didn't know whether we'd be good enough to contend for a championship, but I felt we could play in a bowl game and, hopefully, a January 1 bowl game.
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.
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.
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They all recruit hard, they play solid football, they all have a good plan. It's not just someone trying to out-formation you, they know what it's all about. I think the coaching in this league is very strong.
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I don't mean to be short, but we have dealt with this all year. I guess it was when the water hit me on the back when the game was over. That's it. There is nothing like seeing a quarterback take a knee. I love that play. That's my favorite play in football when John takes a knee. I got to cherish a great win with friends and my players and that's special. I couldn't find a better way to go out.
loss wake
You don't wake up after a loss and say 'At least I've got my health,' ... she's nuts.
sick
That just makes you sick when something like that happens.
higher priority
I have one other priority that sits a little higher than replacing Jamie,
generous slide strong tight
I let him slide on that one; I was very generous today, ... In a tight ballgame, we would have had a very strong conversation.
generous slide strong tight
I let him slide on that one; I was very generous today. In a tight ballgame, we would have had a very strong conversation.
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(Hampton) isn't the most gifted athlete that we have, yet he takes so much pride in how he plays, he's on every special team and I just thought it would send a strong message to our special-team guys that we appreciate them and that's the type of effort and that's the type of play that we're looking for.
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The guys are smart enough to know that this was a mismatch. These guys lost seven players (to academic suspensions) last week. They're very thin.