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
activity
We don't condone any activity such as that. That's not how we operate.
drink force minutes
You drink water, but you really need to force it. And they've conditioned during the summer, going out 30, 45 minutes or an hour. Then you're out for a two-hour practice. It's a lot different.
develop developing either guarantee mental toughness
You either develop mental toughness or you fold. I'll guarantee that they're developing it in Tallahassee. We better develop it here.
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.
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.
bad
We had a bad snap, and that was the game.
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.
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.
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.
coming good hard maybe nfl people players program year
This year we don't have as many high-profile guys, ... but there's some really good players here that, because they're coming out of this program, NFL people will take a very hard look at and maybe draft, where at another program maybe they wouldn't get drafted.
buck flashy miss realize trying
We're trying to get him back healthy. We really miss Buck, and you don't realize that, because Buck is not such a flashy player.
average playing receiver
We're playing average at receiver and we have better than average receivers. We have to give them more opportunities.
bruised physical
We're pretty bruised up right now. It was a pretty physical game.
ball good hands knows progress protection released type
The protection is better, but I think the ball is also being released quicker, because he knows more where to go with the ball, ... We have to get the ball in the hands of the good players, and I see that type of progress from Kyle.