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
advantage great painful players tremendous university win
Having these players come back is a tremendous advantage because they know what it's all about. They know how painful it is to lose. They know how great it is to win at the University of Miami.
decision performance personally tough university
For me, personally and professionally, it was a very tough decision. But it's a decision that had to be made. Our performance has not been up to expectations at the University of Miami.
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.
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I'm the head football coach of the University of Miami and I want to certainly take responsibility for the poor play this evening. LSU did an outstanding job and met their part of the bargain. They showed up. We didn't respond.
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I'm the head football coach of the University of Miami, and I want to certainly take responsibility for the poor play this evening. LSU did an outstanding job and met their part of the bargain. They showed up. We didn't respond.
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.
great running
When I've been a great coach, we've had a great running back,