Barry Alvarez is a retired American football coach and player. He was born on December 30, 1946, in Langeloth, Pennsylvania. His father was a coal miner and his mother was a homemaker. Alvarez was an outstanding athlete in high school, playing football, basketball, and baseball. More about Barry Alvarez
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Alvarez played college football at the University of Nebraska, where he was a linebacker. He played in the Orange Bowl and Sugar Bowl during his career at Nebraska. After college, he played professional football for the Dallas Cowboys for only one year before retiring due to a knee injury. However, after his playing career was over, Alvarez found his true calling as a coach.In total, we tracked 419 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Barry Alvarez (Barry Alvarez signed Wisconsin Badgers full size red Bucky STATS helmet JSA COA) was sold in August 2019 for $499.99 while the cheapest item (Barry Alvarez Signed 4x6 Photo Wisconsin Badgers Head Football Coach CF HOF Auto) found a new owner for $0.99 in September 2023. The month with the most items sold (17) was January 2008 with an average selling price of $18.88 for an autographed item of Barry Alvarez. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2016 with $249.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was July 2014. In average, an autographed item from Barry Alvarez is worth $31.00.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Barry Alvarez were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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2006 Don't Flinch: Barry Alvarez Signed Book Wisconsin Badgers Football Coach | $10.00 | ||
Barry Alvarez / Wisconin football * DON'T FLINCH * signed hardcover ex cond | $15.00 | ||
Barry Alvarez Badgers Signed Mini Helmet Wisconsin Waukesha Sportscards | $47.99 | ||
BARRY ALVAREZ HAND SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO AUTOGRAPHED NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS LEGEND COA | $49.99 | ||
BARRY ALVAREZ SIGNED WISCONSIN BADGERS 8X10 PHOTO BECKETT COA AUTHENTIC #5 | $55.46 | ||
Barry Alvarez Wisconsin Signed Large Custom Cut Card #1/1 BGS BAS Beckett AUTO | $15.50 | ||
Don't Flinch - SIGNED by Barry Alvarez - UW Wisconsin Badgers - Hardcover | $11.25 | ||
Dont Flinch : The Autobiography The Story of Wisconsin Signed By Barry Alvarez | $12.00 | ||
Vintage Wisconsin Badgers Hat AUTOGRAPHED Barry Alvarez Signed New Free Shipping | $26.00 | ||
WISCONSIN Barry Alvarez signed mini helmet JSA COA AUTO Autographed BADGERS | $99.00 |
OSU will hold off Indiana in Top 5 match-up (11/23/24): Nov. 22—In 1990 at his introductory press conference as he embarked on one of the greatest rebuilding efforts in the history of Big Ten football, former Wisconsin coach Barry Alvarez told Badgers fans they'd "better get their season tickets right now because before long they probably won't be able t
Wisconsin legend Barry Alvarez offers outlook on Badgers current identity under (11/13/24): Wisconsin legend Barry Alvarez offers outlook on Badgers entering closing stretch
Bob Asmussen | Top 25 showdown awaits Bielema and Co. (09/17/24): Sep. 17—CHAMPAIGN — If Illinois coach Bret Bielema wants to study up on Friday night's opponent in Nebraska, he's got a great source: his mentor Barry Alvarez. Before Alvarez became a College Football Hall of Fame coach at Wisconsin, he was a linebacker for the Cornhuskers in the mid-1960s. "Barry A
Game day preview | Indiana at Illinois; 11 a.m., Saturday (11/11/23): Nov. 11—Beat writer Scott Richey previews the Illini's showdown with the Hoosiers ahead of Saturday's 11 a.m. kickoff in Champaign: Three big storylines Johnny Newton's 'wow' factor Illinois coach Bret Bielema remembers a meeting with then-Wisconsin coach Barry Alvarez and offensive coordinator Paul
LOOK: Barry Alvarez chimes in on Jim Leonhard heading to Illinois (07/26/23): LOOK: Barry Alvarez chimes in on Jim Leonhard heading to Illinois
LOOK: Wisconsin football gives update on Barry Alvarez Field (06/2022): A first look at the newly completed Barry Alvarez Field at Camp Randall Stadium:
Wisconsin to name football field after Alvarez (10/2021): Wisconsin is naming the playing field at Camp Randall Stadium after former Hall of Fame football coach Barry Alvarez.
Wisconsin promotes Chris McIntosh to succeed Barry Alvarez as athletic director (06/2021): McIntosh was an offensive lineman for the Badgers under Alvarez and won two Rose Bowls
Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez to work for Big Ten as liaison between league and its (05/2021): Alvarez will step down as Wisconsin's athletic director on June 30
Wisconsin's AD search could last 'a few months' (04/2021): Saying that "we don't take the many successes we've had over the last several decades for granted," Wisconsin chancellor Rebecca Blank said the search to replace Barry Alvarez could last a few months.
Sources: Longtime Wisconsin AD Alvarez to retire (03/2021): Longtime Wisconsin athletic director and former football coach Barry Alvarez is set to retire, sources told ESPN on Saturday.
Badgers' cases up; decision on Purdue game Tue. (10/2020): Wisconsin will decide on Tuesday if it can play Purdue on Nov. 7, as COVID-19 cases have risen to 22 within the program, athletic director Barry Alvarez told Rece Davis on College GameDay Saturday morning.
Wisconsin football, hockey taking 2-week break (09/2020): Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez says the school's football and men's hockey teams are taking a two-week break from team activities as part of the school's COVID-19 testing protocols.
Badgers sports: Barry Alvarez not ready to endorse freshman ineligibility but sa (03/2015): The UW athletic director has first hand experience with concept of freshman ineligibility, and he said it was "very good for me."
Badgers football: Barry Alvarez says he interviewed at least two others besides (01/2015): On the day the University of Wisconsin Athletic Board formally ratified the hiring of Paul Chryst as football coach, his boss was providing a bit more insight into the selection process.
Video: Badgers AD Barry Alvarez will remember Melvin Gordon as 'probably the bes (12/2014): Virtually all incumbents in local Sauk County villages and cities are running to retain their positions in the Apr. 7, 2015 election.
Barry Alvarez discusses being on playoff selection committee (11/2014): CEDAR RAPIDS — Why would Barry Alvarez put himself through it? He’s 67 years old and has a consuming job as the University of Wisconsin’s director of athletics. He was a college...
Barry Alvarez: Polls not meaningful (09/2014): Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez offers a glimpse into his College Football Playoff criteria
Barry Alvarez's cabana gets major coverage from Wall Street Journal (08/2014): Former Wisconsin Badgers head football coach and current athletic director Barry Alvarez was profiled in the Wall Street Journal, but not for his accomplishments on the Madison campus. Instead, it was about his spectacular cabana behind his home.
Badgers sports: Barry Alvarez scrambles to make student-athlete stipend plan (05/2014): If the NCAA votes this summer to give its five biggest conferences autonomy on addressing student-athlete welfare issues, then University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez might have to act quickly.
Barry Alvarez weighs in on Badgers Final Four team (04/2014): ARLINGTON (WITI) — FOX6′s Tom Pipines caught up with UW-Madison’s Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez, who weighed in on the...
Barry Alvarez shares thoughts on Marquette's search for basketball coach (03/2014): The face of Badger athletics has some thoughts on Marquette University's search for a basketball coach.
Barry Alvarez proud of Badgers Super Bowl winners (02/2014): The only place buzzing more than Seattle might be the state of Wisconsin.
Former Wisconsin coach Barry Alvarez says the Big Ten's physicality is an eye op (01/2014): Longtime Big Ten coach warns that conference play takes its toll on teams.
'I like what I do': Q&A with Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez (12/2013): Former University of Wisconsin football coach and current athletic director Barry Alvarez was in Appleton on Tuesday for a speaking engagement at Fox Valley Technical Institute.
Charley Walters: Badgers' Barry Alvarez impressed by Jerry Kill (11/2013): Barry Alvarez, who built Wisconsin into a national football power before becoming the Badgers' athletics director, said Tuesday he's impressed with the building of the Gophers under third-year coach Jerry Kill.
Wisconsin Touchdowns Got Barry Alvarez Dancing (10/2013): Melvin Gordon and James White have combined for 18 rushing touchdowns thus far.
Wisconsin Badgers: Barry Alvarez still livid about blown call (09/2013): Barry Alvarez was still steaming on Monday, two days after the University of Wisconsin football team's controversial 32-30 loss to Arizona State in Tempe, Ariz.
Barry Alvarez's thoughts on Bret Bielema lead list of week's most-read stories (08/2013): The Badgers athletic director said he hadn't heard from anyone who was sorry to see Bielema leave for Arkansas.
Ohio State president Gordon Gee also said Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez thought for (05/2013): A roundup of opinions on Ohio State's president.
Report: Barry Alvarez receives contract extension (04/2013): University of Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez had his contract extended through 2018 and received a bump in salary, according to a report in Saturday’s Wisconsin State Journal.
College football: Wisconsin AD Barry Alvarez discusses Miami-NCAA scandal, hirin (02/2013): No doubt Barry Alvarez, as the school’s all-time winningest football coach and current athletic director, is Wisconsin through and through.
New Eau Claire County District Attorney has ties to Barry Alvarez (01/2013): Eau Claire County's new district attorney is officially on duty.
Wisconsin's Barry Alvarez relishes Rose Bowl return (12/2012): PASADENA, CALIF. — When the Wisconsin players asked Barry Alvarez to return to the sideline, he couldn’t resist.
Badgers football: Barry Alvarez still pushing for game against Alabama (10/2012): Alvarez said in Mobile, Ala., that he wants the Badgers and Crimson Tide to kick off the 2015 season — and hinted that it's a real possibility.
Rowen decries one-sided transit debate; Blaska seeks a Barry Alvarez for school (07/2012): A daily roundup of interesting newspaper editorials and blog posts from around Madison and Wisconsin.