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
coming finish halfway mental move next spring strong today week work
Today we did a lot of mental work and corrections. We're coming. We're coming along. But we need to move it along. We more than halfway to the spring game, so this is an important week for us and we have to finish strong next week.
created defense score ways
When we're really good, we've created a lot of turnovers and scored with those turnovers. There's more ways to score on defense than offense.
catch execute game pass tackle type win
We're not going to give the game to the Clemson crowd. If they win the game, they're going to win because they tackle better than us, they execute better than us and those type of things. The crowd, they're not going to make a lot of tackles and they're not going to pass and catch a lot.
affects ask guys ready upset whatever
We're not going to let this be an excuse. We're not going to let this set us back. We're going to do whatever we need to do to be ready to play. Probably the most disappointed, upset guys it affects more is the coaches. The players, they're going to do whatever we ask them to do.
emotion match
We didn't respond. We didn't match their emotion and their energy.
guys message talking
When you see some hydration problems, I think guys get the message more than just talking about it.
achieve bowl chance east goals win
We still have a chance to achieve all the goals we've set, ... We set a goal to win the Big East championship and get a BCS bowl game. We still have that opportunity. ... That's amazing.
achieve bowl chance east goals win
We still have a chance to achieve all the goals we've set. We set a goal to win the Big East championship and get a BCS bowl game. We still have that opportunity. ... That's amazing.
crazy puts
This puts us right where we want to be. Down the stretch, a lot of crazy things happen.
puts
This puts us right where we want to be ? things will get real interesting.
challenge coming fans florida football great home marquee orange schedule state teams tech tremendous virginia
This schedule will be a tremendous challenge for our football team. But it's a great home schedule for our fans, with marquee teams such as Florida State and Virginia Tech coming to the Orange Bowl. Those are the teams our fans want to see.
troops
We're going to need all our able-bodied troops in Tallahassee.
games
We're going to play in games like this.
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.