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
achieve bowl chance east goals win
We still have a chance to achieve all the goals we've set. We set a goal to win the Big East championship and get a BCS bowl game. We still have that opportunity. ... That's amazing.
achieve bowl chance east goals win
We still have a chance to achieve all the goals we've set, ... We set a goal to win the Big East championship and get a BCS bowl game. We still have that opportunity. ... That's amazing.
challenge coming fans florida football great home marquee orange schedule state teams tech tremendous virginia
This schedule will be a tremendous challenge for our football team. But it's a great home schedule for our fans, with marquee teams such as Florida State and Virginia Tech coming to the Orange Bowl. Those are the teams our fans want to see.
ball good hands knows progress protection released type
The protection is better, but I think the ball is also being released quicker, because he knows more where to go with the ball, ... We have to get the ball in the hands of the good players, and I see that type of progress from Kyle.
drive final game guys kyle settled throws
You look at some of the throws Kyle made on the final drive with the game on the line, ... As guys settled into the game, they made big plays.
game next touches
We'll get him 20 to 25 touches a game next season.
coming finish halfway mental move next spring strong today week work
Today we did a lot of mental work and corrections. We're coming. We're coming along. But we need to move it along. We more than halfway to the spring game, so this is an important week for us and we have to finish strong next week.
emotion match
We didn't respond. We didn't match their emotion and their energy.
guys message talking
When you see some hydration problems, I think guys get the message more than just talking about it.
created defense score ways
When we're really good, we've created a lot of turnovers and scored with those turnovers. There's more ways to score on defense than offense.
affects ask guys ready upset whatever
We're not going to let this be an excuse. We're not going to let this set us back. We're going to do whatever we need to do to be ready to play. Probably the most disappointed, upset guys it affects more is the coaches. The players, they're going to do whatever we ask them to do.
catch execute game pass tackle type win
We're not going to give the game to the Clemson crowd. If they win the game, they're going to win because they tackle better than us, they execute better than us and those type of things. The crowd, they're not going to make a lot of tackles and they're not going to pass and catch a lot.
half rested second tired
We probably used him too much. I think we probably should have rested him more in the first half because I thought he got a little tired in the second half.
definitely expect situation
We definitely expect (Atkins) to play. He's much, much better. It's just a situation where we don't want to set him back.