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
difference game lift run weight
When you get to this level, as I've said before, you can only lift so much weight and you can only run so fast. How are you going to be a difference maker? How are you going to take your game up? And that's what Brandon's done.
enthusiasm great guys running start teaching
First day, a lot of enthusiasm, guys running around and having a lot of fun. And enthusiasm with the coaches. There's a lot of teaching going on. A great start today.
ball knows named run since taken
Since I named him starter, he's taken the ball and run with it. He knows what to expect.
great running
When I've been a great coach, we've had a great running back,
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.
blocking help older pass player run veteran
He's an older player. A veteran player and I think he'll help us in the run blocking and pass protection.
gonna last running season sluggish
I'm not gonna go through another season with an overweight, sluggish running back. I did that last year, and I'm not gonna do it again,
backs job nice pass protection running
The running backs did a nice job with pass protection and running the ball.
gravitate players receptive special start
The players have been really receptive to the new coaches, and there's some special things they're being taught. Once they know they're going to get better, they start to gravitate to it.
whatever
With Olsen, whatever he does, it's like, 'Wow,'
coach help move offense offensive pleased question todd turned
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.
against depth error florida football good mental miss played snaps state
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.
coming good hard maybe nfl people players program year
This year we don't have as many high-profile guys, ... but there's some really good players here that, because they're coming out of this program, NFL people will take a very hard look at and maybe draft, where at another program maybe they wouldn't get drafted.
bad
We had a bad snap, and that was the game.