Rose Bowl Hall of Fame
1994, 1999, 2000 and 2013 Rose Bowl Games
2009 Inductee
Barry Alvarez began his career with the Badgers as head football coach in 1990 and spent 16 seasons building a nationally well-respected program before retiring in 2005 to his current post.
Alvarez is the winningest coach in Wisconsin football history, and the only Big Ten coach to win Rose Bowl Games in back to back years (1999, 2000). He and Ohio State’s Woody Hayes are the only Big Ten coaches with at least three Rose Bowl Game victories. Alvarez has 119 coaching wins (a Wisconsin record) and a 9–4 mark in 13 career bowl games. He was the 1993 national coach of the year and won two Big Ten coach of the year awards.
Alvarez twice has returned to the coaching ranks after Wisconsin coaches left to take head-coaching jobs elsewhere. In the 2013 Rose Bowl Game, Alvarez’s Badgers lost to Stanford 20–14, giving him his only loss in four Rose Bowl Game appearances. But in the 2015 Outback Bowl, Alvarez guided Wisconsin past Auburn 34–31.
Alvarez served as the Athletics Director for Wisconsin from 2004 until his retirement in 2021.
