Don Kopriva, a veteran editor and author, has been writing
about Big Ten sports for more than 40 years. A 1971 Michigan State
graduate, Kopriva served as manager of the main press center for
the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and later was an assistant managing
editor for the Chicago Sun-Times. He is also the author of
Coming Back Strong, which profiles elite distance runners and
relates their stories of injuries and recovery. He is managing
principal of Lisle, Illinois based WriteOn Communications
Solutions.
Jim Mott, the late Wisconsin sports information director,
spent his entire adult life in Madison and had encyclopedic
knowledge of all things Wisconsin. His remarkable recall of Badger
sports events, coaches, and athletes helped immeasurably with this
book. Mott, a UW graduate, was assistant SID for 12 years and then
directed the sports information office until his retirement in
1990, when he was inducted into the UW Athletic Hall of Fame. He
passed away in 2009.
Elroy Hirsch was a former UW football player and the
Director of Athletics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for
almost 20 years. He passed away in 2004.
Barry Alvarez is the former University of Wisconsin Madison
football coach (1990-2005) and has been the Director of Athletics
for eight years.
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