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
certainly work
We certainly have a lot of work to do offensively.
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.
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.
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.
against team
You do that against our team and I don't think you'll have a lot of success.
bowl games orange
We need to get some of these big games in the Orange Bowl first.
defense offense stepped
The defense really stepped it up, and the offense didn't,
defense giving kept win
The defense kept giving us opportunities to win the game. We just couldn't get it done.
belief explosive great strong style teacher todd
Todd is a great teacher of fundamentals, and he has a strong belief in an attacking, explosive style of offense.
community opportunity orange since
We wanted to play in the Orange Bowl, since it's our home. It's an opportunity to give something back to the community a little bit.
finish great positive
We've had a great spring, so we want to finish up well and end on a positive note.
force left thrown
We didn't need to force the ball. We had timeouts left and probably could have thrown something underneath.
line maintain
We didn't maintain the line of scrimmage. And we didn't tackle.
difference effort huge team tremendous win
We didn't let Marcus get comfortable today. It was an outstanding team win for us, just a tremendous effort by our defense. That was a huge difference in the game.