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
decisions obviously personnel reevaluate
When you lose, obviously you reevaluate everything. We'll make personnel decisions after we evaluate the film.
decision heat
Normally, I try not to make a decision like that in the heat of the emotion. You have no sleep, those kind of things. So I'll give that some thought and analysis.
decision definitely hard high personally standards tough work
For me, it's definitely personally a very tough decision. But it's a decision I think had to be made. ... We have high standards here, high standards are set and I think we have to work hard to live up to those standards.
decision performance personally tough university
For me, personally and professionally, it was a very tough decision. But it's a decision that had to be made. Our performance has not been up to expectations at the University of Miami.
allow decision felt strongly university willie
I felt that it was the right decision to allow Willie into the University of Miami. I feel even more strongly about that now.
college given high lose start starting
In college football, to be where we want to be you can't lose a game. Even sometimes when you don't lose a game, if you don't start at the right place you still don't get there. Starting high has been given more significance now than it ever has.
afternoon chance dedicate eat everybody four front hot indication national saturday summer sun wants
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.
encouraged knew stepped
That has encouraged me about Tyrone, because he really has stepped it up a level. We knew what we had when we recruited him.
develop help players
They have to have the ability, ... but we really do help develop our players to the max.
low
It was just a low snap, a low snap,
came category few reflect trust weeks
These things are serious. We know that. If we don't know it, we should just reflect back a few weeks to Katrina. It came through here as a Category 1, and trust me, we don't want to see much more.
believe ourselves players practice spring trying
This is a very important spring practice for us. It's important that we believe in ourselves and our players believe in what we're doing and what we're trying to accomplish.
attacking defensive fun team
The thing I see different about this defensive team is they're having more fun doing what they do. They're having a lot of fun attacking and making plays.
character poise stopped
Again, it's poise and character. We made some plays. When we stopped doing that, that's how Clemson got in the game. When we got back to doing that, it permeates throughout.