Back April, Wisconsin announced that Barry Alvarez would be retiring from his role as the Badgers athletic director.
Alvarez stepped into the athletic director role while still serving as the team's head coach back in 2004, and then decided to step away from coaching after the 2005 season.
While the retirement means he may shedding his AD responsibilities, a new report shares Alvarez has a new job lined up.
Jeff Potrykus shares that the 74-year old veteran of college athletics will work with the Big Ten as a liason, and he will serve as a middle man between the league's administration and football coaches.
His start date is expected to be later this summer.
Alvarez has after over 30 years of service to the university when you take into account his role as the Badgers head coach from 1990-2005. In just a few seasons, he helped launch Badger football from an afterthought in the league to a Big Ten contender and built the foundation of success for future head coaches Bret Bielema, Gary Andersen and Paul Chryst. Alvarez went 1-10 his first season before a jump to 5-6 for two seasons and then won the league in 1993 with a 10-1-1 mark. He went on to also win Big Ten titles in 1998 and 1999, punching a ticket to the Rose Bowl three times in total.
In addition to his administrative and coaching duties with the Badgers, where he twice (2012 and 2014) stepped in as interim head coach for bowl games, Alvarez was also on the first iteration of the College Football Selection committee, where he served for three season.
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