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
appreciate athlete effort gifted guys looking message pride send special strong takes team type
(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.
glad type
It just showed me the type of person he is, that he was glad that he was here.
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.
attitude message needed type
I think more than anything else, it's a message of what type of attitude is needed to be successful,
communication decision relationship rely senior staff trust type voice whatever
He's someone that I could rely on. I told senior staff and everyone else, if I wasn't there, whatever Jamie's decision was, Jamie's voice was my voice and that's the type of communication and relationship and trust that I had in him.
communication decision relationship rely senior staff trust type voice whatever
He's someone that I could rely on. I told senior staff and everyone else, if I wasn't there, whatever Jamie's decision was, Jamie's voice was my voice and that's the type of communication and relationship and trust that I had in him.
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.
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.
academic guys last lost players seven smart
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.
academic guys last lost players seven smart
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.