Barry Alvarez, AD who reshaped Wisconsin sports, to retire

University of Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez speaks during a press conference following an event marking his retirement announcement at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

University of Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez speaks during a press conference following an event marking his retirement announcement at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

University of Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez shares a light moment during an event marking his retirement announcement at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

University of Wisconsin Athletic Director Barry Alvarez is pictured among some of the championship trophies won by the university's sports teams during his tenure as a coach and athletic director at an event marking his retirement announcement at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis. Tuesday, April 6, 2021. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

FILE - Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez is shown on the field before an NCAA college football game against Michigan at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., in this Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016, file photo. Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez is retiring after a three-decade run in which he transformed the university’s football program and later guided the Badgers to their greatest all-around sports success in the school’s history. Alvarez announced Tuesday, April 6, 2021, he would retire on June 30.(AP Photo/Tony Ding, File)