MADISON, Wis. – Barry Alvarez will earn $600,000 as University of Wisconsin athletic director, and his successor as football coach will earn $750,000 under contracts the two men signed.
Alvarez picked Bret Bielema, now in his second year as the Badgers’ defensive coordinator, to succeed him in July. The two men signed the new five-year contracts Friday night, a day after the UW Board of Regents approved the deals.