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
football missed team tells
Derrick hasn't missed anything. He's on time, he conscientious, he works. That tells me something. And it tells our football team something.
definitely team work
Definitely some things have been improved. But without question, we've got a lot we can work on and we've got to get a lot better to be the team that we want to be.
activities bowl college football game great spirit type
As a university, as a football program, we don't condone any type of activities such as that. Certainly, I think, that detracts from a great bowl game and what the spirit of college football is all about.
emphasis football good positive
I can't put too much emphasis on the positive of a football game. But it is a good diversion.
art community crafts encourage hold love service shows
Art is an important part of living. We hold these shows in the odd-numbered years as a service to the community and to encourage the love of arts, crafts and hobbies.
sure
Could there be some restructuring? Sure there could be.
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,
law
By the law of averages, ... it should at least be 2-2.
call job stop whatever
They can call whatever play they want to. It is our job to stop it.
decision heat
Normally, I try not to make a decision like that in the heat of the emotion. You have no sleep, those kind of things. So I'll give that some thought and analysis.
decision definitely hard high personally standards tough work
For me, it's definitely personally a very tough decision. But it's a decision I think had to be made. ... We have high standards here, high standards are set and I think we have to work hard to live up to those standards.
definitely quality
It's not so much numbers, it's the quality you get. I think we definitely got quality.
backs job nice pass protection running
The running backs did a nice job with pass protection and running the ball.
coach funny goes matter sort
It is sort of funny, isn't it? One coach goes 9-3 and everything's great. Another coach goes 9-3 and everything's not so great. It's all a matter of perspective.