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
badly earned field game plays spot starting supposed wants
He wants to be on the field so badly and earned the starting spot and just doesn't want to give it up. (He) plays the game the way it's supposed to be played.
backs game last physical respect spread stop week
It's going to be a very physical game, a game where you're going to have to take on linemen and stop very outstanding backs and then still respect the throw. Where last week was you're spread all over the field, this is a little more conventional.
bowl chance contend felt football game good january knowing league majority nice whether
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.
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.
address ask games guys past played tried
A lot of it has to do with that. Guys put a lot into the past two weeks. We tried to address that all week. But our guys played two four-quarter games and put a lot into it. Sometimes you can only go to the well so often, to ask guys to strain. I just thought we'd play better. But you have games like this.
cherish dealt favorite football game great guess hit john love mean players seeing takes water win
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.
front game goal late line matter pulled seen sees somebody three year
I haven't seen any frustration, I really haven't. I pulled him over late in the (Indiana) game and told him to just keep going because I think it's just a matter of time. There have been probably three (runs) this year where he sees nothing but goal line in front of him, and somebody dives and just nips his toes. But he'll get some of those before the year is over.
bowl fact game reward scout team
I like the fact that we can go to a bowl game and reward them (the scout team players) as well as the starters.
avoid camp ceremony deal emotional final game last moments tried
I tried to avoid making a big deal about this being my final game. I had some emotional moments -- the last game at Camp Randall (Stadium), the ceremony after, the banquet.
game games good issue league
Every game in this league is a big game and every one, there's always an issue because all the games ... we've had good games with them.
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.