The Madison native had previous experience at Wisconsin, most recently from 2005-11 as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Alvarez, who spent 16 years as Wisconsin's football coach before taking the athletic director position, said he doesn't feel anything is missing with the lack of a big crowd at the Badgers spring game. According to Alvarez, 10,000 to 20,000 fans have attended Wisconsin's spring game each season over the past 25 years.