Wisconsin athletic director Barry Alvarez is set to step down and retire on June 30, according to a report from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Jeff Potrykus.
The date will mark the end of his masterful 32-year career with Wisconsin Athletics, first building a football power from scratch and then bringing Wisconsin Athletics as a whole to national prominence.
Related: Wisconsin Athletics releases a touching tribute to AD Barry Alvarez
His impact on the University of Wisconsin, on the state and on the people he worked with and coached is undeniable.
Many of those people took to Twitter today to express their thanks and congratulate the Wisconsin athletic director on a Hall of Fame-worthy career.
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