Barry Alvarez Quotes

United States, Athlete
December 30, 1946

Barry Lee Alvarez is 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.

Also known as Coach

This bowl has lived up to all the hype that I heard of it. Coaches...that have been here rave about the hospitality, rave about the venue and all the activities for the players. The people here have been marvelous. The bowl committee has bent over backwards to make sure that our stay is an excellent one. The players have something to do if they choose every day. You couldn't find a better place.

Barry Alvarez
- Players
- Coaches
- Hype
We always talk about being a spark and swinging the momentum of the game and that swung it.

Barry Alvarez
- Game
- Being
- Talk

We were beaten by a very good football team.

Barry Alvarez
- Beaten
- Football Team
Everybody has a role on the team, and some have a role as a scout team player. They have to emulate the offenses that we are going to face. Those players still have to go through the out-of-season work and they work hard.

Barry Alvarez
- Work
- Team
- Role
We hadn't lost morale. But when you fight for four quarters, it's tough to always bounce back. The offense kept us in the game the last two weeks and to get out with a win feels really good.

Barry Alvarez
- Game
- Win
- Morale
I love bowl games. I really do. I like it more than the kids do. I grew up a poor kid in western Pennsylvania, and I went to Nebraska because I saw them play in the Orange Bowl and I wanted to play in a bowl game. I cherish the memories.

Barry Alvarez
- Play
- Memories
- Bowl Game
When we win big games, our running backs play well.

Barry Alvarez
- Play
- Win
- Running Backs
We certainly haven't used that as a motivation, ... The games themselves and the time that they've put in in preparation for these games is motivation enough. I don't think that has anything to do with it at all.

Barry Alvarez
- Games
- motivation

We did not underestimate what we could do.

Barry Alvarez
- To Do
- Can
- Underestimate
We had some guys that abandoned their technique and abandoned some of the things that we just worked a month on.

Barry Alvarez
- Guys
- Technique
- Abandoned
Most search committees use me.

Barry Alvarez
- Search
- Use
- Committees