Barry Alvarez

Barry Alvarez (born December 30, 1946 near Pittsburgh) is the coach of University of Wisconsin's college football team.

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December 30 - 1946 - Pittsburgh - Coach - University of Wisconsin - College football

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Alvarez was born in the Pittsburgh mining suburb of Langeloth, Pennsylvania. At Union High School, Alvarez won all-conference recognition and played in the Big 33 All-Star Game, an invitation-only exhibition game for Pennsylvania?s top seniors.

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Pittsburgh - Pennsylvania

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After graduating Alvarez left Pittsburgh and attended the University of Nebraska on a football scholarship graduating in 1969. After college, he coached high school football in Nebraska and Iowa.

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Pittsburgh - University of Nebraska - 1969 - Nebraska - Iowa

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After coaching high school football, Alvare began his college coaching career under legendary Iowa head coach Hayden Fry in 1979. He later became as assistant coach at Notre Dame under Lou Holtz. In 1990, Alvarez was named head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers.

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Iowa - Hayden Fry - 1979 - Notre Dame - Lou Holtz - 1990 - Wisconsin Badgers

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Since becoming head coach of the Badgers, he has become the winningest coach in school history, leading the Badgers to three Big Ten championships and three Rose Bowl victories, and has a bowl record of 7-2.

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Big Ten - Rose Bowl

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Alvarez replaced Pat Richter as Athletic Director at the University of Wisconsin in 2004. Alvarez is one of only two people (along with Watson Brown of the University of Alabama at Birmingham) that act as head football coach and Athletic Director at a NCAA Division I school.

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University of Wisconsin - 2004 - University of Alabama at Birmingham - NCAA

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In 2000, Alvarez and his wife Cindy endowed a $250,000 football scholarship at the university.

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In 1994, Babcock Hall, which houses the UW-Madison's dairy school, developed an ice cream flavor called "Berry Alvarez" in honor of the coach. It's flavor was a mixture of raspberry, strawberry and blueberry.

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1994 - Ice cream - Raspberry - Strawberry - Blueberry

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On July 28, 2005, Alvarez announced that the 2005 season would be his last as head coach of the Badgers, and named his current Defensive Coordinator Bret Bielema as his successor. Alvarez also stated that he will still continue his duties as the university's Athletic Director after the season.

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July 28 - 2005

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