| Larry Coker | ||
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| Sport | Football | |
| Born | June 23, 1948 | |
| Place of birth | Okemah, OK | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Overall | 60-15 (. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Okemah is a city in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States. 800) | |
| Coaching stats | ||
| College Football DataWarehouse | ||
| Championships | ||
| 2001 National Championship 2001-03 Big East Champions |
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| Awards | ||
| 2001 Bear Bryant Coach of the Year 2001 AFCA Coach of the Year |
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| Playing career | ||
| 1966-69 | Northeastern State (OK) | |
| Position | Defensive back | |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 2001-2006 | University of Miami | |
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Coaching career
Coker had served as an assistant at several universities (including Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Oklahoma State) and as Miami's offensive coordinator from 1995 to 2000 before taking over as head coach following the departure of then-coach Butch Davis to the Cleveland Browns of the NFL. The Ohio State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research university in the state of Ohio. University of Oklahoma, abbreviated OU, is a Coeducational public Research university located in the U An offensive coordinator typically refers to the coach on a American football team who is in charge of the offense. Paul Hilton "Butch" Davis Jr is the current head football coach at the University of North Carolina. The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league.
2001 Season
Coker was hired as head coach of Miami at the behest of the team, who had been edged out of appearing in the BCS Championship Game the year before and lobbied to the Miami Athletic Department that Coker be promoted. Coker met with immediate success, as he guided the Hurricanes to a 12-0 record and the national championship in his first season, dominating a Nebraska Cornhuskers team in the Rose Bowl. The Nebraska Cornhuskers (often abbreviated to Huskers) is the name given to several sports teams of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. The Rose Bowl Game is an annual American College football Bowl game, usually played on January 1 ( New Year's Day) at the Rose For his efforts, Coker was given numerous honors, including the Bear Bryant National Coach of the Year Award and the 2001 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Coach of the Year Award. The American Football Coaches Association is an association of football coaches on all levels and is responsible for the Coaches Poll that determines the national champion each
2002 season
The Hurricanes won their first 12 games in 2002, pushing a winning streak that dated back to the 2000 season to 34 games and giving Coker an unblemished 24-0 record heading into the Fiesta Bowl National Championship Game. The Fiesta Bowl, now sponsored by Tostitos tortilla chips is a United States College football Bowl game played annually since 1971 In a controversial game, the 11 1/2-point underdog Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Hurricanes 31-24 in two overtimes to win the national championship and finish with a 14-0 record. An underdog is a person or group in a Competition, frequently in electoral politics, Sports, and Creative works who is popularly expected to The Ohio State University 's intercollegiate sports teams and players are called the "Buckeyes" (after the state tree the Buckeye) and participate in the NCAA With the Buckeyes trailing 24-17 and facing a fourth-and-3 from the Miami 5-yard line in the first overtime, Ohio State quarterback Craig Krenzel threw a pass to the right corner of the endzone to receiver Chris Gamble, who was being covered by Miami defensive back Glenn Sharpe. Craig Krenzel (born July 1, 1981 in Utica Michigan) is a former college and professional American football Quarterback Chris Gamble (born March 11, 1983) is an American football player with the Carolina Panthers. Gamble reached back and got his hands on the ball, but couldn't hold on. Fireworks were set off and Miami players and fans streamed onto the field in celebration of what they thought was another national championship. However, after a bit of a delay, official Terry Porter threw a flag on the field and called Sharpe for pass interference for pushing Gamble, a controversial call that continues to be disputed. Regardless, three plays later, Ohio State scored a touchdown to tie it up and send the game into a second overtime. The Buckeyes quickly scored a touchdown at the start of the second overtime period to take the lead and clinched the championship when the defense stopped Miami and quarterback Ken Dorsey on a fourth-and-goal pass play from the Ohio State 1-yard line. Kenneth Simon Dorsey (born April 22, 1981 in Orinda California) is an NFL Quarterback for the Cleveland Browns.
Despite the loss, Coker tied Walter Camp for the best record by a college football head coach in his first 32 games (31-1). Walter Chauncey Camp ( April 7, 1859 &ndash March 14, 1925) was a sports writer and American football coach known as the "Father
2003 season
In 2003, things took a different turn when a pair of late season losses kept Miami out of the BCS National Championship Game for the first time during Coker's tenure. Nevertheless, the 'Canes won the Big East Conference and defeated their archrivals, the Florida State Seminoles, for the second time that season in the 2004 Orange Bowl and finished the campaign with an 11-2 record and ranked fifth in both polls. The Big East Conference is a collegiate athletics conference consisting of seventeen Universities in the northeastern southeastern and midwestern United Florida State University (commonly referred to as Florida State or FSU) is a public Research University located in Tallahassee The Orange Bowl is an annual College football game that is usually played the first week in January in the Miami Florida metro area in the United States
2004 season
Miami joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2004 and the team finished with a somewhat disappointing 9-3 record and #11 ranking in the final polls. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. However, Miami ended the season by beating the rival Florida Gators 27-10 in the Peach Bowl. The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major Research The Chick-fil-A Bowl, formerly called the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, and before that simply (and perhaps more familiarly called the Peach Bowl, is an annual
2005 season
In late September 2005, Coker agreed to a five-year contract extension with the university. The new contract would have paid Coker in the neighborhood of $2 million per season, which made him one of the highest-paid coaches in college football. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been College football is American football played by teams of student athletes fielded by American universities, Colleges and military academies
However, the 2005 season ended on a disappointing note for Coker and Miami, as the Hurricanes lost 2 of their last 3 games, including a 40-3 loss to LSU in the Peach Bowl, the worst bowl loss in school history. The LSU Tigers football team aka "Fighting Tigers" represents Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge Louisiana, United States in The loss was marred by a postgame fight in the tunnel leaving the stadium, and it was evident that Coker's team quit on him in the 2nd half of the game. In the wake of the loss, Coker fired four longtime Miami assistants. The school finished 9-3 for the second consecutive season.
Coker drew tremendous criticism after the season, as his teams were producing diminishing results since his first season, losing no games in 2001, one in 2002, two in 2003, three in 2004, and losing three games and suffering the worst bowl loss in school history in 2005. It wasn't just the increased number of losses, but the wins were getting closer and closer as well. Lesser teams were able to stay in games, Coker's teams looked lackadaisical and unfocused more times than not. Coker fired four assistants in the aftermath of the LSU loss in an attempt to rejuvenate the team: offensive coordinator Dan Werner, offensive line coach Art Kehoe, running backs coach Don Soldinger, and linebackers coach Vernon Hargreaves.
Coker was reported to be on the hot seat entering the 2006 season, with many speculating that he would need to at least take the team to a BCS bowl in order to keep his job. The Bowl Championship Series ( BCS) is a selection system designed to give the top two teams in the NCAA FBS Bowl Subdivision System an opportunity to compete in a "national
2006 season
- See also: 2006 Miami Hurricanes football team
Miami began the 2006 season 1-2, with losses to Florida State and Louisville, leaving the team unranked in the AP Top 25 for the first time since 1999. The 2006 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2006 college football season. Florida State University (commonly referred to as Florida State or FSU) is a public Research University located in Tallahassee The University of Louisville (also known as U of L) is a public University in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. After rumors following the Louisville loss that Coker's firing was imminent, Miami Director of Athletics Paul Dee gave Coker a vote of confidence, stating that he would coach at least through the end of the season.
After the team's October 14 win against FIU, which was marred by a bench-clearing brawl, questions were raised in the media as to whether Coker would resign or be fired, but he was again given a vote of confidence by the school administration. Florida International University, commonly referred to as FIU or Florida International, is a public Research University located The Miami-FIU brawl was a Bench-clearing brawl that occurred on October 14, 2006 in a College football game between the University of Miami
The next week, with 13 players suspended by the ACC, Miami defeated winless Duke 20-15. Duke University is a private Research University located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. All but one of the players returned the next week, as Miami jumped out to a 10-0 lead over Georgia Tech, but struggled in the fourth quarter, losing the game 30-23. The 2006 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology in the College football season of 2006-2007. This left the team at 5-3 for the year, further encouraging speculation that Coker may be dismissed by season's end.
The following week, Coker's team lost to Virginia Tech 17-10, as ESPN analysts questioned his management of the clock in the game's final minutes. Virginia Tech sponsors 19 sports and competes at the NCAA Division I level ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to This was the first time Miami had been an underdog at home in Coker's six seasons as the coach. The team fell to 5-4 and just 2-3 in the ACC, and suffered its first four-loss season since 1999.
Firing
Miami defeated a ranked Boston College team on Thanksgiving to finish the regular season 6-6. For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. Revealing an apparent lack of communication between Coker and UM President Donna Shalala, Coker predicted after the loss that he would be back as head coach in 2007. Donna Edna Shalala (surname pronounced ʃəˈleɪlə born February 14, 1941) has served as president of the University of Miami, a private university The following day, however, Coker was fired as head coach.
On December 8, 2006 the University of Miami announced Larry Coker's successor to be Randy Shannon. Randy Lennard Shannon (born February 24, 1966 in Miami Florida) is the current head football coach of the University of Miami Hurricanes Shannon was UM's defensive coordinator from 2001-2006 under Coker. Coker was allowed to coach the team in the MPC Computers Bowl on December 31, 2006. The Humanitarian Bowl is a post-season NCAA -sanctioned Division I FBS College football Bowl game that has been played annually at 30000-seat [1] in which Miami narrowly defeated the University of Nevada 21-20. The University of Nevada Reno ( Nevada) is a University located in Reno Nevada, USA and is known for its programs in agricultural research journalism
In January, 2007, Coker interviewed for the head coach position at Rice University. William Marsh Rice University (commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters Science and Art According to several media sources, Coker was one of two finalists for the position. However, Rice selected David Bailiff, formerly head coach at Texas State University, and Coker was not affiliated with any team at the beginning of the 2007 season. David Bailiff (born May 26, 1958 in San Antonio Texas) is a College football coach who is currently the head coach at Rice University Texas State University–San Marcos, often referred to as Texas State University, Texas State, or TxState (it actively discourages the use of "TSU"
Record as head coach
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl | Coaches# | AP° | ||
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| Miami Hurricanes (Big East Conference) (2001 – 2003) | |||||||||
| 2001 | Miami | 12-0 | 7-0 | 1st | W Rose Bowl † | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2002 | Miami | 12-1 | 7-0 | 1st | L Fiesta Bowl † | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2003 | Miami | 11-2 | 6-1 | 1st | W Orange Bowl † | 5 | 5 | ||
| Miami: | 35-3 | 20-1 | |||||||
| Miami Hurricanes (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2004 – 2006) | |||||||||
| 2004 | Miami | 9-3 | 5-3 | W Peach Bowl | 11 | 11 | |||
| 2005 | Miami | 9-3 | 6-2 | L Peach Bowl | 18 | 17 | |||
| 2006 | Miami | 7-6 | 3-5 | W MPC Computers Bowl | |||||
| Miami: | 25-12 | 14-10 | |||||||
| Total: | 60-15 | ||||||||
| National Championship Conference Title Conference Division Title | |||||||||
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Highlights
- Career Record: 60-15 (. 800)
- Bowl Record: 4-2
- 2001 National Championship
- 5-2 record vs. Florida State
- 3-0 record vs. University of Florida
- 2002 American Football Monthly magazine National Coach of the Year
- 2001 Bear Bryant Coach of the Year
- 2001 AFCA Coach of the Year (Shared with Maryland coach Ralph Friedgen)
- Two-time Big East Conference Coach of the Year (2001, 2002)
References
External links
- Larry Coker Biography at UM Athletics Official Web Site. The University of Florida ( Florida or UF) is a public land-grant, sea-grant, space-grant major Research The University of Maryland College Park (often referred to as The University of Maryland UMD, UMCP or simply Maryland) is a public research Ralph Harry Friedgen (b April 4, 1947 in Harrison New York) has been the head coach of the University of Maryland Terrapins football
| Preceded by Butch Davis |
University of Miami Head Football Coach 2001-2006 |
Succeeded by Randy Shannon |
| Preceded by Bob Stoops |
Paul "Bear" Bryant Award 2001 |
Succeeded by Jim Tressel |
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