Wisconsin State Journal sports reporters Jim Polzin and Todd Milewski reflect on what was learned at an event where University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez announced he's retiring at the end of June.
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Barry Alvarez’s tenure at the University of Wisconsin spanned more than three decades and intersected with the lives of countless people.
Some became star NFL players. Others coached for him. A few were peers with him as an athletic director. They all have stories, and we collected some of the best in the lead-up to Alvarez’s retirement.
Their shared football backgrounds made for a natural relationship. Now, with Barry Alvarez retiring as Wisconsin's AD, Ohio State's Gene Smith reflects on their years together leading the Big Ten.
Barry Alvarez called his former QB Darrell Bevell fast. He wasn't, but the UW's all-time leading passer was a hard worker, which Alvarez valued above all. Bevell reflects on his time with Alvarez.
Barry Alvarez has called lineman Joe Thomas the best player he ever coached at Wisconsin. After a Hall of Fame pro career, Thomas is still humbled by that and reflects on Alvarez's impact.
Paul Chryst has been front and center for much of Barry Alvarez's career at Wisconsin, in multiple roles. Here's how the UW coach reflected on Alvarez and their time together.
Mel Tucker was part of Barry Alvarez’s first Wisconsin recruiting class. Now a coach at Michigan State, Tucker reflects on the Barry Alvarez Experience in those first years.
Troy Vincent was there before the beginning. A holdover from the previous regime, the Wisconsin and NFL star safety reflects on Barry Alvarez's impact early on in his career and in the years since.
Barry Alvarez unleashed one of the all-time great college running backs on the country in 1996. Twenty-five years later, as Alvarez is set to retire, the Heisman Trophy winner reflects on his coach's impact.
The first African-American sheriff of Dane County, Kalvin Barrett says Barry Alvarez taught him traits he'd later apply in his career in law enforcement. This is the last of our eight-part series.
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