Ahead of a pivotal season for the Wisconsin Badgers, head coach Luke Fickell earned the confidene of former athletic director ...

Wisconsin football legend Barry Alvarez offered high praise for Badgers head coach Luke Fickell on Monday.

Barry Alvarez was due for payouts through the start of 2022 as part of an agreement tied to his job as University of Wisconsin athletic director.He’s still going to cash in despite his ...

Finkes, a sixth-round pick out of Ohio State in the 1997 NFL Draft, posted and then deleted a message that read in “RIP Barry,” with a photo of Alvarez. Barry Alvarez in 2022. Getty Images ...

Wisconsin announced last month that athletic director and former football coach Barry Alvarez will step down as the program's athletic director June 30. He won't be going too far, though.

Alvarez finished his 32nd season at Wisconsin in 2021, which included his 18th year as the university's athletic director. He previously spent 16 seasons as the coach of the Badgers football team.

Barry Alvarez was a bold 43-year-old football coach in early 1990 when he joined a University of Wisconsin athletic department that barely was making ends meet. Its budget was $14 million and ...

Alvarez coached Wisconsin from 1990-2005 and set a program record for career coaching victories. His 119-74-4 mark includes his record over 16 years plus a 1-1 mark as an interim coach in bowl ...

Alvarez’s last day as UW’s athletic director was June 30, ending a 32-year run at the university that was split between being the football coach (1990-2005) and the athletic director (2004-2021).