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 Record
118-75-4
Career Win %
60.9%
Seasons
18
Career Span
25 years
Average SRS
8.8
Peak SRS
21.7
Best Finish
#4
Consistency
30.7
Higher = steadier
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 is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.
Wisconsin
1990-2014 • 18 seasons
Avg SRS 8.8 • Win % 60.9%
Longest Tenure
Wisconsin • 18 seasons
Best Tenure
Wisconsin • 8.8 SRS
Best Tenure Win %
Wisconsin • 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
Raw avg SP Overall: 10.4
86th pct
Elite
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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