Chris McIntosh, the new UW athletic director, answers questions from the media at the Kohl Center on June 2.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
Linebacker Donnel Thompson (44) and tackle Chris McIntosh are all smiles as they talk with coach Barry Alvarez following UW's 17-9 victory over Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, 2000.
To better understand the relationship between outgoing University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez and his successor, it’s important to go back to the beginning.
Wisconsin State Journal sports reporters Jim Polzin and Todd Milewski reflect after an event to name Chris McIntosh the next University of Wisconsin athletic director on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at the Kohl Center.
Big shoes to fill: Look back at Wisconsin athletic directors through the years
Thomas E. Jones, 1916-24
Wisconsin track & field coach Tom Jones, right, poses with four Wisconsin athletes inside Camp Randall in this undated photo provided by the University of Wisconsin.
COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
George Little, 1925-1932
COURTESY OF NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION
Walter Meanwell, 1934-1936
COURTESY OF UW
Harry Stuhldreher, 1936-50
Decades after making history under coach Knute Rockne in 1924, Notre Dame's Four Horsemen — right halfback Don Miller (from left), fullback Elmer Layden, quarterback Harry Stuhldreher and left halfback Jim Crowley — dance together in New York City on Oct. 25, 1949.
ASSOCIATED PRESS ARCHIVES
Guy Sundt, 1950-55
In 1949, Guy Sundt, left, and Paul F. Neverman, right, were recognized for their quarter of a century of service to the WIAA state high school basketball tournament. Charles W. Wetmore, Sun Prairie principal and president of the WIAA Board of Control, presents the two with gold watches.
Linebacker Donnel Thompson (44) and tackle Chris McIntosh are all smiles as they talk with coach Barry Alvarez following UW's 17-9 victory over Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, 2000.
