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Barry Alvarez (born December 30, 1946 near Pittsburgh) is a former college football head coach and current athletic director at the University of Wisconsin. On July 28, 2005, Alvarez announced that the 2005 season would be his last as head coach.

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.

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.

After coaching high school football, Alvarez 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.

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.

Alvarez replaced Pat Richter as Athletic Director at the University of Wisconsin in 2004.

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

Alvarez named his current Defensive Coordinator Bret Bielema as successor to his head coach position. Alvarez also stated that he will still continue his duties as the university's Athletic Director after the season.

Alvarez concluded his career at Wisconsin with a win over Auburn in the 2006 Capital One bowl, running his all-time record at Wisconsin to 118-73-1, with three Rose Bowl wins and a career 8-3 record in bowl games.

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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.
In 2001, Hispanic Business magazine named Barry Alvarez one of the 100 most influential Hispanics.
The only Big Ten coach to win two consecutive Rose Bowls. Only one of two coaches to win at least three Rose Bowls.
Alvarez had six nine win seasons. Prior to Alvarez's era, Wisconsin only had four in nearly one hundred years.

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