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Tom Oates: Barry Alvarez undoubtedly brought much-needed swagger to UW

Madison.com | April 7, 2021

Related Topics: University of Wisconsin–Madison, Barry Alvarez, Gary Andersen, Big Ten Conference, Joe Ferguson, Tom Oates, Wisconsin Badgers football, Notre Dame Fighting Irish football, Pat Richter, Bob Devaney

Players lift interim head coach Barry Alvarez onto their shoulders after their victory over Auburn in the Outback Bowl on Jan. 1, 2015, in Tampa, Fla. Alvarez, then UW's athletic director, agreed to coach in the game after Gary Andersen quit a month earlier.

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After Gary Andersen resigned as University of Wisconsin football coach following the 2014 Big Ten Conference title game, the seniors asked Barry Alvarez to come out of the athletic director's box and coach the Badgers in the Outback Bowl.

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