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
florida maybe played
Maybe it was Florida State's time. I think we had the better team, but I think they played better.
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We do have depth back there but we'll miss Anthony Reddick, he's a good football player. Phillips played 19 snaps against Florida State and had one mental error so he's ready.
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I thought they were going to turn me into a tight end. I can't wait. Shoot, I was hurt the first week of camp. I haven't really played since last spring.
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I don't think we stopped playing. I don't think we played the entire day.
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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.
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He played well against Florida State and Clemson and he's been getting better since then, ... What you saw against Temple, he was like a laser. He can step up and make the plays.
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A great rivalry is two great programs that are competitive every year. In a great rivalry, you've played 100 games and that team has won 50 and your team has won 50.
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.
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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.
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That has encouraged me about Tyrone, because he really has stepped it up a level. We knew what we had when we recruited him.
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They have to have the ability, ... but we really do help develop our players to the max.
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It was just a low snap, a low snap,
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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.