When sizing up Barry Alvarez' coaching accomplishments at Wisconsin,
consider some of these statistics:
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Alvarez is the winningest coach in school history (92-61-4);
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His teams have won at least a share of three Big Ten championships
(1993, 1999, 2000);
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Alvarez has registered a 7-1 (.875) bowl record, the second-best
winning percentage in college history for coaches with at least seven appearances
(John Robinson was 8-1 at USC and UNLV);
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He coached the four winningest teams in the modern era at Wisconsin;
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Alvarez is one of three coaches (joining Bob Stoops and Steve Spurrier)
to win two Bowl Championship Series Games;
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The 2003 season will be his 14th on the UW sidelines, the nation's
sixth-longest streak at one school;
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Alvarez' teams won back-to-back league titles in 1998 and 1999, something
the Badgers hadn't done in 99 years;
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He is the only coach in Big Ten history to coach consecutive Rose
Bowl championship teams (1999-2000);
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Alvarez and Ohio State's Woody Hayes are the only coaches in Big
Ten history to win the Rose Bowl at least three times;
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He coached three players that won five national award winners, including
Ron Dayne (Heisman Trophy, Doak Walker Award and Maxwell Award), Kevin Stemke (Ray
Guy Award) and Jamar Fletcher (Jim Thorpe Award);
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Alvarez coached six consensus first-team All-Americans, two Big Ten
MVPs, 84 Academic All-Big Ten selections and 40 National Football League draft picks.
