Barry Alvarez is set to retire after nearly 19 years as the athletic director at the University of Wisconsin.
Sources close to Alvarez say he has moved up his timeline to retire and plans to make it official soon. He did not immediately answer a message left on his cellphone.
Alvarez’s tenure as the athletic department’s leader saw high-level success across a number of programs, with 16 Badgers teams winning national championships, including six in women’s hockey and five in women’s lightweight rowing. The Badgers football and men’s basketball programs tallied 15 consecutive years of playing in a bowl game and reaching the NCAA Tournament, setting an NCAA record.