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
seems three
It seems like three years to the players.
chance coaches ready slower time work
It's a slower time in the spring. You're not getting ready to play a game. You get a chance for the coaches to work with you because you don't have as many (players), normally.
easy guys
It's not easy to do what these guys do,
august days florida south
It's more than concern. It's a real concern. I don't know if we're going to have better days than this in South Florida in August and September.
few flashy talk tv
It's flashy and I know there will be a lot of talk and it has probably been on TV a few times and all that,
annual attitude everybody finish good hopefully ready spring stay tomorrow
It was a good finish for us. This has been an outstanding spring. We'll have a good finish tomorrow in the annual spring game, and hopefully everybody will stay healthy. Everybody has a good attitude and they're ready for Saturday.
bad looked seen stayed
I've done that and I've seen it on tape. I looked really bad so I stayed away from it.
ahead defense expected football good obviously offense teaching work
It was a good day for us. Obviously the defense is ahead of the offense at this time, which we expected that. There is some good teaching out here and we have a lot to work on to be a good football team.
committing final kids players signing until waited week wind
It used to be you waited until the final week before signing day to really go after players you wanted. If you do that now, with all the kids committing early, you'll wind up with nobody.
depends exactly football good help line offensive players saw team
That's exactly the way I saw it. He didn't play much. Football is such a team game. How the quarterback does depends on if players help out and make good receptions. And the offensive line has to help him out.
certainly coming great help perpetuate plus programs south speed track
There's certainly a lot of speed coming out of South Florida. It's densely populated and there's great weather. You get year-round athletes, plus outstanding track programs help perpetuate speed.
anticipate coming three until
There's always going to be uncertainty until it's a done deal. I anticipate all three of them coming back. I've been told they're coming back, but again, is there some uncertainty. Certainly, there is some uncertainty.
call job stop whatever
They can call whatever play they want to. It is our job to stop it.
ugly kind prom
When you're kind of the ugly stepsister, you just go to the prom with whoever asks you.