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
opportunity strong
We have some strong commitments. They know the opportunity of what they have to do here.
analyze definitely role strong type
I think he can be that type player. I think we'll analyze that more in the off-season. I definitely see a strong role for him.
missed position strong
Obviously, he has missed a lot of work, so he is getting behind. Linebacker is a strong position for us.
belief explosive great strong style teacher todd
Todd is a great teacher of fundamentals, and he has a strong belief in an attacking, explosive style of offense.
strong winning
We're a strong program, a winning program. Out of 119 schools, we're right at the top. That's pretty well documented.
coming finish halfway mental move next spring strong today week work
Today we did a lot of mental work and corrections. We're coming. We're coming along. But we need to move it along. We more than halfway to the spring game, so this is an important week for us and we have to finish strong next week.
allow decision felt strongly university willie
I felt that it was the right decision to allow Willie into the University of Miami. I feel even more strongly about that now.
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.
gets hot spirited
It was a little spirited today. It gets hot and tempers flare a little bit.