Larry Coker
Larry Coker went 86–47 as a head coach, 2001–2015, at Miami and UTSA. His 2001 Miami team claims the national title. Share
One season our game records don’t credit to him comes from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2011 at UTSA (on file under another coach). It’s marked in the table.
- Record
- 86–47 career
- Seasons
- 11
- Schools
- 2
- National titles
- 1 claimed: 2001
- Best season
- 2001 12–0, No. 1
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Miami | 12–0 | 1st | Rose Bowl W | 1 | |
| 2002 | Miami | 12–1 | 1st | Fiesta Bowl L | 2 | |
| 2003 | Miami | 11–2 | 1st | Orange Bowl W | 5 | |
| 2004 | Miami | 9–3 | T–3rd | Peach Bowl W | 11 | |
| 2005 | Miami | 9–3 | 2nd (Coastal) | Peach Bowl L | 17 | |
| 2006 | Miami | 7–6 | 4th (Coastal) | MPC Computers Bowl W | ||
| 2007–10: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2011 | UTSA * | 4–6 | ||||
| 2012 | UTSA | 8–4 | 4th | |||
| 2013 | UTSA | 7–5 | T–2nd (West) | |||
| 2014 | UTSA | 4–8 | 4th (West) | |||
| 2015 | UTSA | 3–9 | T–3rd (West) | |||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
Players he coached
Ken Dorsey
Willis McGahee
Kellen Winslow II
Bryant McKinnie
Brett Romberg
Andre Johnson
Sean Taylor
Antrel Rolle
Ed Reed
Kelly Jennings
Brandon Meriweather
Greg Olsen
Jeremy Shockey
D.J. Williams
Jonathan Vilma
Phillip Buchanon
Vince Wilfork
William Joseph
5 more
Vernon Carey (No. 19 pick, 2004); Jon Beason (No. 25 pick, 2007); Mike Rumph (No. 27 pick, 2002); Jerome McDougle (No. 15 pick, 2003); Joaquin Gonzalez (2001 William V. Campbell Trophy).
18 of the 23 players from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick, the best of each school he coached among them. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 35 | 20–15 | 57% |
| Against top-10 teams | 12 | 8–4 | 67% |
| Against rivals | 23 | 16–7 | 70% |
| Conference games | 75 | 49–26 | 65% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 6 | 4–2 | 67% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 46 | 27–19 | 59% |
| At home | 62 | 43–19 | 69% |
| On the road | 54 | 34–20 | 63% |
| At neutral sites | 7 | 5–2 | 71% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 83 | 67–16 | 81% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 40 | 15–25 | 38% |
His own 123 games on file, 2001–2015, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Bowden 2001–2006 | 5–2 | Florida State | 7 | |
| Frank Beamer 2001–2006 | 3–3 | Virginia Tech | 6 | |
| Rich Rodriguez 2001–2015 | 3–3 | West Virginia, Arizona | 6 | |
| Bobby Wallace 2001–2005 | 4–0 | Temple | 4 | |
| Tom O’Brien 2001–2006 | 4–0 | Boston College | 4 | |
| David Bailiff 2012–2015 | 1–3 | Rice | 4 | |
| Greg Schiano 2001–2003 | 3–0 | Rutgers | 3 | |
| Paul Pasqualoni 2001–2003 | 3–0 | Syracuse | 3 | |
| Walt Harris 2001–2003 | 3–0 | Pittsburgh | 3 | |
| Al Groh 2004–2006 | 2–1 | Virginia | 3 |
Larry Coker’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Florida Stateseries | 7 | 5–2 |
| Virginia Techseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Louisiana Techseries | 6 | 3–3 |
| Boston Collegeseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Templeseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Houstonseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Riceseries | 4 | 1–3 |
| Floridaseries | 3 | 3–0 |
National coaching awards
The awards- 2001 Miami (FL): Bear Bryant Award
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Miami’s 2001 staff (head coach) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971–76 | Fairfax HS (OK) high school | Head coach | |
| 1977–78 | Claremore HS (OK) high school | Head coach | |
| 1979 | Tulsa | Running backs and quarterbacks coach | |
| 1980–82 | Tulsa | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1983–89 | Oklahoma State | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1990–92 | Oklahoma | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1993–94 | Ohio State | Defensive backs coach | |
| 1995–2000 | Miami (FL) | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2001–06 | Miami (FL) | Head coach | |
| 2009–15 | UTSA | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- John CooperTulsa, Ohio State
- Jimmy JohnsonOklahoma State
- Pat JonesOklahoma State
- Gary GibbsOklahoma
- Butch DavisMiami
Assistants who became head coaches
- Curtis JohnsonTulane, Houston Roughnecks / Gamblers
- Mark StoopsKentucky
- Randy ShannonMiami, Florida
- Rob ChudzinskiCleveland Browns
- Mario CristobalFlorida International, Oregon, Miami
- Todd BerryArmy, UL Monroe, Illinois State
- David RossKemper, Bacone
- Jim MarshallRichmond, UT Martin
- Travis BushUT Rio Grande Valley
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Cooper | Tulsa | 1979–82 | 1979: running backs and quarterbacks coach; 1980–82: offensive coordinator | |
| Jimmy Johnson | Oklahoma State | 1983 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Pat Jones | Oklahoma State | 1984–89 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Gary Gibbs | Oklahoma | 1990–92 | Offensive coordinator | |
| John Cooper | Ohio State | 1993–94 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Butch Davis | Miami | 1995–2000 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (9)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis Johnson | Miami, 2001–05: wide receivers coach | Tulane, Houston Roughnecks / Gamblers | |
| Mark Stoops | Miami, 2001–03: defensive backs coach | Kentucky | |
| Randy Shannon | Miami, 2001–05: defensive coordinator; 2006: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Miami, Florida | |
| Rob Chudzinski | Miami, 2001–03: offensive coordinator | Cleveland Browns | |
| Mario Cristobal | Miami, 2004–05: tight ends coach; 2006: offensive line coach | Florida International, Oregon, Miami | |
| Todd Berry | Miami, 2006: quarterbacks coach | Army, UL Monroe, Illinois State | |
| David Ross | UTSA, 2009–10: assistant coach | Kemper, Bacone | |
| Jim Marshall | UTSA, 2010–14: offensive line coach | Richmond, UT Martin | |
| Travis Bush | UTSA, 2010–11: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | UT Rio Grande Valley |
Other assistants under him (9)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Giufre | Miami, 2001–03: graduate assistant | |
| D. J. Eliot | Miami, 2002: graduate assistant | |
| Dan Werner | Miami, 2004–05: offensive coordinator | |
| Tim Walton | Miami, 2004–06: defensive backs coach | |
| Rich Olson | Miami, 2006: offensive coordinator | |
| Perry Eliano | UTSA, 2011–15: special teams coordinator and SAF | |
| Kevin Brown | UTSA, 2012–15: offensive coordinator | |
| Neal Neathery | UTSA, 2012–15: defensive coordinator | |
| Mike Markuson | UTSA, 2015: offensive line coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | UTSA | head coachbonuses up to $255,000 | $427,150 USA Today | |
| 2014 | UTSA | head coachbonuses up to $230,000 | $402,150 USA Today |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Coker’s teams went for it on 11% of fourth downs and on 23% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 49% of plays and took 26.8 seconds a play, 2004–2006.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 11 g | 12 of 92 13% | 35% | 50% | 24.3 | −0.01 | |
| 2005 12 g | 12 of 97 12% | 21% | 47% | 25.9 | −0.11 | |
| 2006 13 g | 8 of 94 9% | 13% | 49% | 29.7 | −0.13 | |
| All 36 g | 32 of 283 11% | 23% | 49% | 26.8 | −0.09 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.