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
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Special teams really hurt us. We've been very good on special teams the last few years. Obviously, we weren't very good against Florida State.
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It's not easy to do what these guys do,
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I'm the head football coach of the University of Miami and I want to certainly take responsibility for the poor play this evening. LSU did an outstanding job and met their part of the bargain. They showed up. We didn't respond.
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I don't know if anyone really tried to inspire or instigate it. It just happened. It's just the way things are here. There's a special bond.
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Certainly a good win for us. ... But I told our team be very complimentary toward Colorado. They really made us earn everything we got. Nothing easy.
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The last five years have been a good five years, record-wise and statistically and all those type things. But my concern is the next five years, the direction we're going and making sure that we're going in the right direction.
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This is a disturbing development, ... and could potentially be very damaging to college football, especially the recruiting process.
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I'm really surprised at how far along he is. But his determination to get back, to help this team be good and get to where he wants to be really speaks volumes about Eric.
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A lot of things can happen. There are no guarantees that we're going to win. There are no guarantees that Texas and Southern Cal are going to win.
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But I think he knows now that he still has things to learn.
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From last night, I know I've got a little bit of edge and I think our players will have a little bit of an edge, and I think that can be a good thing. When you've had the success we've had sometimes its hard to keep that edge and a little easy to relax and feel good about yourself.
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I felt that it was the right decision to allow Willie into the University of Miami. I feel even more strongly about that now.
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Both players are excited about the opportunity to come back for the chance to compete at a high level and improve as individual football players.
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The last five years have been a good five years. But my concern is the next five years and to make sure we are going in the right direction. You cannot stay the same. We have to go in the right direction with the right staff.