Larry Coker
Larry Coker
Larry Edward Cokeris an American football coach and former player. From 2001 to 2006, Coker served as the head coach at the University of Miami. His 2001 Miami team was named the consensus national champion after an undefeated season that culminated with a victory in the Rose Bowl over Nebraska. In the process of winning the championship, Coker became the 2nd head coach since 1948 to win the national championship in his first season.Coker was fired by Miami on November...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 June 1948
radar work
When you're under the radar a bit, ... you just go about your work.
totally
We were totally inept, to put it bluntly.
games
We're going to play in games like this.
troops
We're going to need all our able-bodied troops in Tallahassee.
ball defense felt run
We felt like our defense would make a stand. And we also felt like we could run the ball on Clemson.
ball hands job position putting
We're doing a much better job of getting the ball out of the quarterbacks hands and putting the receivers in position to make plays.
build finished handle imagination players product stretch
We're not a finished product yet by any stretch of the imagination at quarterback. But I think again, if we handle it properly, we can build on it with the players we have.
good team win
We know we have to play well every Saturday. I feel like that we've got a team that's potentially good enough to win every Saturday, but we've got to play well to do that.
bowl course excited orange thrill tremendous
We'll be excited about going up to Gainesville, and of course it'll be a tremendous thrill to have the Gators in the Orange Bowl again.
awful biggest concern depends depth good guys key offensive
We'll be awful good on defense. We'll have a good offensive team. How good? It depends on how some guys come through for us in some key areas. Our biggest concern is our depth on offense.
alaska balance gone quite recruiting varied
We have balance in the recruiting class, and we have quality. We've gone from Alaska to the Bahamas. It's been quite a varied class.
along best
We have said all along we wanted to play the best opponent, and we got that.
great running
When I've been a great coach, we've had a great running back,
average playing receiver
We're playing average at receiver and we have better than average receivers. We have to give them more opportunities.