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
average playing receiver
We're playing average at receiver and we have better than average receivers. We have to give them more opportunities.
excellent good protection saw starting
The protection was excellent and I saw some good things. Things are starting to come around the way we want to see them.
excellent good protection saw
The protection was excellent and I saw some good things,
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,
assure last maybe team won year
We're a better team at 0-1 than we were at 1-0 a year ago, ... I can assure you of that. This is one, in my opinion, maybe we shouldn't have lost. Maybe we won one last year we shouldn't have won. But that's football. That's the way things go sometimes.
strong winning
We're a strong program, a winning program. Out of 119 schools, we're right at the top. That's pretty well documented.
anybody believe far heard knocked players
We heard two players were knocked unconscious. I was told it was with a helmet. As far as anybody being detained, I don't believe so.
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.
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.
puts
This puts us right where we want to be ? things will get real interesting.
crazy puts
This puts us right where we want to be. Down the stretch, a lot of crazy things happen.
beating national talked
We haven't even talked about a national championship. Now we have to talk about beating Clemson.
beating national talked
We haven't even talked about a national championship, ... Now we have to talk about beating Clemson.