Barry Alvarez (born December 30, 1946 in Langeloth, Pennsylvania) is a former American football player and coach and currently the Director of Athletics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Barry Alvarez (born December 30, 1946 in Langeloth, Pennsylvania) is a former American football player and coach and currently the Director of Athletics 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.