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
great running
When I've been a great coach, we've had a great running back,
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.
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.
games
We're going to play in games like this.
troops
We're going to need all our able-bodied troops in Tallahassee.
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.
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.
totally
We were totally inept, to put it bluntly.
good team win
We know we have to play well every Saturday. I feel like that we've got a team that's potentially good enough to win every Saturday, but we've got to play well to do that.
puts
This puts us right where we want to be ? things will get real interesting.
crazy puts
This puts us right where we want to be. Down the stretch, a lot of crazy things happen.