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.
advantage great painful players tremendous university win
Having these players come back is a tremendous advantage because they know what it's all about. They know how painful it is to lose. They know how great it is to win at the University of Miami.
bowl fall league rest win
If we win this league and go to a BCS bowl game, the rest of it, I think, will fall into place.
expect happened last nice players pride win
These players have a lot of pride. They come here to win championships. And again, there's some very, very nice things that happened last year. ... But these players come here and they expect to do better.
dakota regardless south supposed win
But regardless of who we play, South Dakota or South Florida, we're supposed to win the game.
tyrone win
You're going to win with 4-yard runs, and Tyrone has been able to give that to us.
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.