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
control dressing efficient finish game happy joyous liked played second third
We were very efficient with our ones. I was happy with that. The game was under control in the first quarter. I would've liked to finish better. We played a lot with our second and third team. When they get an opportunity, they have to perform. They're one play away from being starters. It wasn't a real joyous dressing room.
carolina football great hot obviously practice prepared pushed ready south win
We pushed through (practice) pretty well today. Obviously it's hot and humid. It's going to be hot and humid in South Carolina as well. We have to be prepared and ready to give a great effort. That's what it's going to take to win the football game.
activity
We don't condone any activity such as that. That's not how we operate.
best chance team
Whichever team is able to make their quarterback better has the best chance of being successful.
ball close half hope louisville majority score
We're close to converting. That would've made the score pretty ugly. Louisville had the ball for the majority of the first half but couldn't score. I hope we get the same opportunities.
opportunity strong
We have some strong commitments. They know the opportunity of what they have to do here.
added caught coming fell florida hard late league member normal punish teams
We have some say. Florida State, that's not a normal situation. That was added late in the process. Clemson fell as it fell with the 12th member of the league coming in. We and other teams were caught in a hard spot. It's not anything the league did to punish us.
took
We had a little edge, ... We took it a little personal.
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.
When Derrick's had opportunities he's done pretty well with it,
football good south team
We're not going to be intimidated going into Clemson, South Carolina. We're going to take a good football team there and we're going to play well there.