Barry Alvarez wanted the Pitt Job in 1989 being a Pittsburgh Area Native Son and Alumnus of Nebraska, Pitt went another way, and Barry ended up at Wisconsin. Barry rebuilt Wisconsin and made them the 28th Winning Percentage Team from 1990 to 2005. He became AD in 2006 helped them move to 19th under 3 Coaches. Barry is very loyal had many opportunities to move to Miami and other Programs, but stayed at Wisky. If Pitt had hired him, I think Pitt would be experiencing what Wisky has been doing for Decades and remain at Pitt too. I think Coach Narduzzi will do the same as Barry in the future.
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Few programs possessed the stability Wisconsin football offered. Barry Alvarez was entrenched as the Badgers’ head coach, guiding them to three Rose Bowl victories in 16 seasons and becoming the school’s athletic director while still on the job in 2004.
That allowed him to hand-pick his successor, bringing in Bret Bielema as the coach-in-waiting for two years until Bielema took over the head job in ’06. It wasn’t long after that Alvarez found himself back on the sidelines – twice.................Enter Paul Chryst, a Madison native, former Wisconsin quarterback and long-time Badgers’ assistant before he got the head job at Pittsburgh. Chryst jumped at the chance when Alvarez offered him the opportunity to return home as head coach. Despite Chryst only boasting a .500 record in three years at Pitt, Alvarez believed in the coach and, more importantly, found a man who fully understood and embraced what it meant to coach in Madison. He found a lifer.
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https://campusinsiders.com/news/wisconsin-big-ten-power-despite-coaching-turnover-11-29-2016/
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Few programs possessed the stability Wisconsin football offered. Barry Alvarez was entrenched as the Badgers’ head coach, guiding them to three Rose Bowl victories in 16 seasons and becoming the school’s athletic director while still on the job in 2004.
That allowed him to hand-pick his successor, bringing in Bret Bielema as the coach-in-waiting for two years until Bielema took over the head job in ’06. It wasn’t long after that Alvarez found himself back on the sidelines – twice.................Enter Paul Chryst, a Madison native, former Wisconsin quarterback and long-time Badgers’ assistant before he got the head job at Pittsburgh. Chryst jumped at the chance when Alvarez offered him the opportunity to return home as head coach. Despite Chryst only boasting a .500 record in three years at Pitt, Alvarez believed in the coach and, more importantly, found a man who fully understood and embraced what it meant to coach in Madison. He found a lifer.
LINK:
https://campusinsiders.com/news/wisconsin-big-ten-power-despite-coaching-turnover-11-29-2016/
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