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Larry Edward Coker (born June 23, 1948) is a former American football coach and player. He served as the head football coach of the University of Miami from 2001 to 2006 and the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) from 2011 to 2016.
Sep 13, 2022 · Larry Coker grew up in Okemah, Oklahoma and played defensive back at Division II Northeastern State. He started his coaching career at the high school football ranks around Oklahoma before Tulsa hired him as their running backs and quarterbacks coach in 1979.
After coaching eight years of Oklahoma high school football, which included two state titles along with two state track titles, and 22 years as a college football assistant, Larry Edward Coker was named the twentieth head football coach at the University of Miami for the 2001 season.
Former UTSA head football coach Larry Coker is one of nine Football Bowl Subdivision coaches named to the ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2024, the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced on Monday.
Aug 5, 2018 · Larry Coker's storybook journey takes him to the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. In the early 1980s, coaching at the University of Tulsa didn't look a lot different than coaching high school football. It was a better quality of play, a more challenging job and a bigger stage.
Jun 6, 2024 · JUNE 3, 2024 — Former UTSA head football coach Larry Coker has landed on the 2025 ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced on Monday.
Sep 29, 2009 · Larry Coker won his first 24 games and a national title at Miami, but building a football program from scratch at the University of Texas at San Antonio may prove to be a more formidable task...
Jun 6, 2023 · SAN ANTONIO – Former UTSA head football coach Larry Coker was selected as a nominee for the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation announced Monday. Coker was hired...
Jun 6, 2022 · SAN ANTONIO — Former UTSA head football coach Larry Coker is one of nine coaches named to the 2023 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced on Monday.
Oct 23, 2023 · The architect of UTSA Football, Larry Coker was hired in March 2009 to start the program from scratch. A national championship coach in 2001 at Miami (Fla.), his hiring brought immediate national recognition and visibility to the university, and he delivered by engineering one of the most successful startup programs in the modern era.