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
ball defense felt run
We felt like our defense would make a stand. And we also felt like we could run the ball on Clemson.
answered defense pressure questions
I think we answered a lot of questions about our quarterback. Their defense put a lot of pressure on him, but he never rattled.
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.
ahead defense expected football good obviously offense teaching work
It was a good day for us. Obviously the defense is ahead of the offense at this time, which we expected that. There is some good teaching out here and we have a lot to work on to be a good football team.
defense extremely game giving kept operation win
The operation was tragic. That was an extremely disappointing loss. Our defense kept giving us opportunities to win the game and we just didn't get it done. That's why it was so disappointing.
bad defense game good learn obvious players
We need as much of this as we can get, just to learn how to play the game, ... It's obvious that we have a lot of players that don't know how to play the game right now. This was a combination of some really good defense and some really bad offense.
ball catch defense defensive great opportunity pass ran today
The defense did dominate, and I think we have an opportunity to be an outstanding defensive team. We ran the ball a little better today than we have in the spring, but we didn't pass and catch the ball very well. That was the big thing today. Our defense had a great day today.
defense offense stepped
The defense really stepped it up, and the offense didn't,
defense giving kept win
The defense kept giving us opportunities to win the game. We just couldn't get it done.
games
We're going to play in games like this.
troops
We're going to need all our able-bodied troops in Tallahassee.
ball hands job position putting
We're doing a much better job of getting the ball out of the quarterbacks hands and putting the receivers in position to make plays.
build finished handle imagination players product stretch
We're not a finished product yet by any stretch of the imagination at quarterback. But I think again, if we handle it properly, we can build on it with the players we have.
radar work
When you're under the radar a bit, ... you just go about your work.