Alvarez is one of two in Division I athletics who manages both the head coaching and athletic director roles. The other is Watson Brown, the head football coach at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. Brown took over the UAB coaching ranks in 1995 and then the athletic director position in 2002. According to UAB’s Senior Women’s Adminstrator and Associate Athletic Director Rosalind Ervin, Alvarez and Brown share a common trait that has allowed them to be successful early in their tenures.
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