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
ball defense felt run
We felt like our defense would make a stand. And we also felt like we could run the ball on Clemson.
great running
When I've been a great coach, we've had a great running back,
excellent good protection saw starting
The protection was excellent and I saw some good things. Things are starting to come around the way we want to see them.
loaded might players position whatever
You can't take everybody, for whatever reason, be it you're loaded at that position or whatever it might be. They've got players who could play for about anybody. That's the thing that you see, that they have talent. That's Florida.
enjoying fun playing
They're having fun, ... There's a lot more enthusiasm. They're playing well. They're enjoying playing well together. They're just having fun together.
delivered expand huge package santa tree
Santa delivered a huge package under the tree and we may expand his package a little bit.
kyle positive seems
Kyle seems to be doing fine. Everything's positive there.
checked excited players practice start time
Our players have checked in, and we start practice tomorrow. We're very excited about it, but more important, the players are excited. ... Now it's time for practice. It's time for football.
carried commitment contingent full guys job lost stepped
Guys really stepped up and carried the load. This is a no-excuses program. We lost one commitment. You'd like to have a full contingent of coaches, but no complaints. Just go get the job done and that's what we did.
activities bowl certainly college details football game great happened spirit
I don't know all the details of what happened after the game, but certainly we don't condone activities such as that. That certainly detracts from a great bowl game and what the spirit of college football is all about.
last looked miami might season terrible throwback time
I don't know when's the last time Miami had a terrible season and looked terrible on the field. But that first half, that might have been a throwback to that time.
reason
He's been more productive. No other reason than that.
happened
I don?t know what happened and I don?t condone it.
bargain met
LSU met their part of the bargain and we didn't.