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
backs job nice pass protection running
The running backs did a nice job with pass protection and running the ball.
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.
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.
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,
miss players step
We miss Ryan, but we have players who can step up.
continue work
We have to continue to work and get better at what we do.
certainly coach people players special
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.
certainly work
We certainly have a lot of work to do offensively.
south stay talent
There's always been talent in South Florida, it just didn't stay here.
confidence encouraged frank fun knees major playing reason unless year
I've really been encouraged with Frank and what he's done. He's having a lot of fun and playing with a lot of confidence. I really see more confidence in his knees now than I did a year ago. From what I've seen, unless there's a major setback, I don't see any reason why he wouldn't play.