Coker Is Semifinalist For Football News Coach of the Year
Nov. 9, 2001
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (www.hurricanesports.com) – Miami head football coach Larry Coker is one of 10 semifinalists selected for Football News magazine’s 2001 Coach of the Year Award.
Coker, in his first season at UM, is one of four coaches in their first year at their school to be selected as semifinalists. The former UM offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach has led the Hurricanes to a No. 1 ranking in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today Coaches rankings while guiding the team to a 7-0 start. He is attempting to become the first first-year head coach to win a national championship since Bennie Oosterbaan did so at Michigan in 1948.
The Football News Coach of the Year list will be trimmed to three finalists on Tuesday, Nov. 20. The official announcement of FN’s Coach of the Year will be made Wednesday, Dec. 12.
Last year’s Football News Coach of the Year was Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops.
The 10 Football News Coach of the Year semifinalists, as selected by the publication’s editorial staff:
John Bunting, North CarolinaLarry Coker, MiamiGary Crowton, Brigham YoungRalph Friedgen, MarylandKen Hatfield, RicePaul Pasqualoni, SyracuseMike Price, Washington StateFrank Solich, NebraskaTommy Tuberville, AuburnTyrone Willingham, Stanford
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