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
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Everybody wants to play well on Saturday afternoon in front of 80,000 and on national television. But when you're in the hot summer sun and when you've got a chance to eat four pizzas and you don't go, that was the thing that made an indication this guy's really going to dedicate himself.
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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.
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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,
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It's got to be an NFL-type mentality. This is probably not a nine yards to the right, touchdown to the left, type game. I hope it is from our standpoint, but we've got to have positive plays and don't turn the ball over and realize sometimes a punt is not the worst thing that can happen.
ball hope plays positive realize turn type worst yards
It's got to be an NFL-type mentality. This is probably not a 9 yards to the right, touchdown to the left, type game. I hope it is from our standpoint, but we've got to have positive plays and don't turn the ball over and realize sometimes a punt is not the worst thing that can happen.
ball hope nfl plays positive realize turn type worst yards
It's got to be an NFL mentality. This is probably not a 9 yards to the right, touchdown to the left, type game. I hope it is from our standpoint, but we've got to have positive plays and not turn the ball over and realize sometimes a punt is not the worst thing that can happen.
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It's great to end the season with a win. But again, we've got new resolve. We hate to end the season with three losses, that taste in our mouth. It's an opportunity to come back and really get back on track and again be one of the elite football teams in the country. That's what we expect.
defensive needs schooled sets willie
It sets you back a lot. When you don't practice, you don't get better. Willie has a lot of ability. He needs to get schooled in the defensive scheme.
seems three
It seems like three years to the players.
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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.
finish
It was a storybook drive. But you've got to finish it.
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.
call job stop whatever
They can call whatever play they want to. It is our job to stop it.
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That has encouraged me about Tyrone, because he really has stepped it up a level. We knew what we had when we recruited him.