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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We are certainly pleased. When you are around very special people, you like to keep those people around the players and the programs. Coach Cristobal is one of those.
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Bobby is a good person, he's an outstanding football coach and I'm sure he's done everything he could possibly do to help the program be successful. Buy they haven't won, and as we all know if you don't win. . .
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There's obviously a lot of distraction. I can't say there's not. A lot of the guys are without power, certainly the coaches are without power, a lot of those things. But they've dealt with it pretty well, practiced pretty good the last couple of days. Guys have been here and gone to work.
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I think he's a special player, ... so I think we'll probably give him more than a lot of coaches will with a rookie quarterback.
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You don't do the things they are doing allowing nine points a game without being a tremendous defense. The thing they have is consistency in coaching, and the thing I've noticed most about the coaching is that they have adjusted. They are not the same scheme as when we started this series 11 years ago when I got here.
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We could have won all those eight games. If we look at it overall, we're 53-8 in five years. That's an enviable place to be. ... Without a question, where we are and what we've done is something to be proud of. But as coaches you always look at those eight. Those are the ones that stand out, and it's always going to be that way. The fans look at the eight, but coaches are worse than fans because we can't go home at night and forget about them.
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Without question he will help our offense move forward. Todd has turned down opportunities to coach in the NFL, so we're pleased to have him as part of our offensive staff.
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But our coaches and players were not satisfied with the season by any means. That's the expectation we have.
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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.
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It is sort of funny, isn't it? One coach goes 9-3 and everything's great. Another coach goes 9-3 and everything's not so great. It's all a matter of perspective.
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His track record as a college football coach speaks for itself. He will do a tremendous job.
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I'm the head football coach of the University of Miami and I want to certainly take responsibility for the poor play this evening. LSU did an outstanding job and met their part of the bargain. They showed up. We didn't respond.
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I'm the head football coach of the University of Miami, and I want to certainly take responsibility for the poor play this evening. LSU did an outstanding job and met their part of the bargain. They showed up. We didn't respond.
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I'm the head coach and I certainly take the responsibility for the poor play. This was supposed to be a great game. They showed up... and we didn't.