Coach Profile
1990-2014 • Wisconsin
One defining stop at Wisconsin.
Barry Alvarez coached 18 seasons, won 60.9%, and posted an average SRS of 8.8. Best season: 1999 Wisconsin. The profile was balanced with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.
Career Dossier
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
Primary school anchor
Wisconsin
Balanced profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 87.8.
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Active comparison point
10-2 • SRS 21.7 • SP Overall 23.0
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+1.9
SP Off / Def
38.5 / 16.9
Finish
#4
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Each stop expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Wisconsin
1990-2014 • 18 seasons
Avg SRS 8.8 • Win % 60.9%
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Barry Alvarez sets the reference point in overall strength.
Barry Alvarez sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Barry Alvarez
Elite
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.
1990-2014 • 118-75-4
Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg wins
Higher is better
6.6 during vs 2.8 baseline
+3.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
8.8 during vs -8.2 baseline
+17.0
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
10.4 during vs -8.7 baseline
+19.1
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
38.9% during vs 0.0% baseline
+38.9%
High Points
Best Season
Wisconsin 1999
10-2 • SRS 21.7
Biggest Improvement
Wisconsin 1998
11-1 • 20.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Wisconsin 2014
1-0 • SP Off 38.7
Best Defensive Season
Wisconsin 1998
11-1 • SP Def 15.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Wisconsin 1990
1-10 • SRS -8.8
Biggest Drop
Wisconsin 2000
9-4 • -11.7 SRS
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Wisconsin | 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #14 | #13 | 15.3 | 20.8 | 38.7 | 18.1 | +3.2 | +100.0% |
| Wisconsin | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% | #12 | — | 12.1 | 14.5 | 31.5 | 15.9 | -1.1 | -76.9% |
| Wisconsin | 2005 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 76.9% | — | #15 | 13.2 | 11.1 | 35.3 | 24.2 | +5.2 | +1.9% |
| Wisconsin | 2004 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #21 | #17 | 8.0 | 10.5 | 26.2 | 16.9 | 0.0 | +21.1% |
| Wisconsin | 2003 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 53.8% | #21 | — | 8.0 | 11.2 | 35.7 | 26.6 | +0.5 | -3.3% |
| Wisconsin | 2002 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 57.1% | #25 | — | 7.5 | 12.8 | 35.7 | 24.7 | +4.1 | +15.5% |
| Wisconsin | 2001 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 41.7% | #22 | — | 3.4 | 8.1 | 38.5 | 32.1 | -6.6 | -27.6% |
| Wisconsin | 2000 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.2% | #4 | #23 | 10.0 | 14.7 | 34.2 | 20.6 | -11.7 | -14.1% |
| Wisconsin | 1999 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #10 | #4 | 21.7 | 23.0 | 38.5 | 16.9 | +1.9 | -8.3% |
| Wisconsin | 1998 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #20 | #6 | 19.8 | 22.5 | 36.7 | 15.3 | +20.0 | +30.1% |
| Wisconsin | 1997 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | #24 | — | -0.2 | -0.3 | 28.0 | 28.3 | -10.6 | 0.0% |
| Wisconsin | 1996 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.5% | — | — | 10.4 | 11.8 | 34.2 | 24.0 | +1.6 | +16.1% |
| Wisconsin | 1995 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 45.5% | #21 | — | 8.8 | 9.8 | 30.9 | 22.8 | -5.5 | -17.1% |
| Wisconsin | 1994 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 62.5% | #10 | — | 14.3 | 16.3 | 37.6 | 23.0 | -3.6 | -25.0% |
| Wisconsin | 1993 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 87.5% | — | #6 | 17.9 | 20.5 | 37.2 | 17.8 | +15.3 | +42.0% |
| Wisconsin | 1992 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | 2.6 | 3.5 | 23.7 | 20.9 | +8.4 | 0.0% |
| Wisconsin | 1991 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | — | — | -5.8 | -11.8 | 13.4 | 24.3 | +3.0 | +36.4% |
| Wisconsin | 1990 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 9.1% | — | — | -8.8 | -11.8 | 17.3 | 28.2 | — | — |
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