Alirez is trying a few things now including as a volunteer coach for the Bears under first-year head coach Teyon Ware. Ware said Alirez is with the UNC athletes every day. The UNC wrestling room is Alirez’s room, where his picture hangs on a wall. “If Coach Jones and Coach Alirez are getting through to that athlete that I’m not getting through to and he’s getting that guy on his game, kudos,” Ware said. In wrestling, Alirez said, an athlete can do everything right and lose and then not reach one of those high goals.