What coach of the Miami Hurricanes in 2002, lead the team to victory in the Rose Bowl over Nebraska?
Larry Coker
Larry Coker
Larry Edward Coker (born June 23, 1948) is 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.
 (Bennie Oosterbaan from the University of Michigan and Dennis Erickson of Miami were the last 2 head coaches to accomplish this feat.)
 Coker was fired by Miami on November 24, 2006 following his sixth loss that season.
 After a stint as a television analyst for ESPNU, Coker was announced as the head coach for UTSA, whose Roadrunners football team began play in 2011.
 Coker resigned as UTSA coach on January 5, 2016.
2002 Miami Hurricanes football team
The 2002 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 2002 NCAA Division I-A football season.
 They were led by second-year head coach Larry Coker and competed in the Big East Conference.
1991 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season ended with a split champion for the second consecutive season.
 Both the Miami Hurricanes and the Washington Huskies finished the season undefeated (12-0) and with the top ranking in a nationally recognized poll.
 Under the conference-bowl selection alignments of the time, the Hurricanes and Huskies could not meet in a decisive title game because A) Washington was slotted into the Rose Bowl as the Pac-10 champions and B) the other spot in the Rose Bowl was automatically given to the Big 10 champions, in this case Michigan.
 The Rose Bowl's selection terms also thwarted potential title matchups of undefeated teams in 1994 and 1997; since the 1998 BCS realignment, several Pac-10 and Big 10 teams have been able to play in a BCS title game instead of being forced to play a non-title contender in the Rose Bowl; these include the Ohio State Buckeyes in 2002, 2006 and 2007, the USC Trojans in 2004 and 2005 and the Oregon Ducks in 2010. 1947 Rose Bowl
The 1947 Rose Bowl was a college football bowl game.
 It was the 33rd Rose Bowl Game.
 The Illinois Fighting Illini defeated the UCLA Bruins, 45–14.
 Illinois halfbacks Buddy Young and Jules Rykovich shared the Rose Bowl Player Of The Game award.
 They were named the Rose Bowl Players Of The Game when the award was created in 1953 and selections were made retroactively.
 It was the first Rose Bowl game that featured teams from the Pacific Coast Conference and the Big Nine Conference by the terms of an exclusive five-year agreement.
 It is known as the first "modern" Rose Bowl, and the modern Rose Bowl records date back to this game.
 This exclusive agreement remained in place until the 1999 Rose Bowl when the Rose Bowl became part of the Bowl Championship Series, with the exception of the games from 1960 onward following the collapse of the PCC and prior to the renegotiation with the newly formed Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU), highlighted by the 1962 Rose Bowl where Big Ten champion Ohio State declined the invitation. 1984 Orange Bowl
The 1984 Orange Bowl was the 50th annual Orange Bowl Classic, played on January 2, 1984, between the unbeaten Nebraska Cornhuskers and the once-beaten Miami Hurricanes, for the national championship.
 After leading 31-17 in the fourth quarter, Miami held on for a 31-30 victory.
 Nebraska pulled to within one with :48 left to play, but a two-point conversion attempt by Nebraska failed when quarterback Turner Gill's pass was tipped away by Miami safety Ken Calhoun.
 It was also the last game for Howard Schnellenberger as he left the team in pursuit of a USFL team in Miami. 1992 Orange Bowl
The 1992 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on January 1, 1992.
 The 58th edition of the Orange Bowl featured the Miami Hurricanes, and the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
 Miami came into the game with an 11–0 record and #1 AP ranking, whereas Nebraska came into the game with a 9–1–1 and #11 AP ranking.
 The game was a rematch of the 1984 and 1989 Orange Bowls, both of which Miami had defeated Nebraska in.
 The shutout win gave the Hurricanes their fourth National Championship (having earned their first in 1983), capping the school's "decade of dominance" in the 1980s and early 1990s. 1966 Liberty Bowl
The 1966 Liberty Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Miami Hurricanes at Memphis Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee on December 10, 1966.
 The game was the final contest of the 1966 college football season for both teams, and ended in a 14–7 victory for the Miami Hurricanes.
 A then-record 39,101 tickets were sold for the game, but due to 36-degree temperatures at game time, only 25,012 spectators attended.
 The game marked just the second time that Virginia Tech had played in a bowl game since the creation of the team in 1892.
 The game also marked the second time in each school's history that the two teams had faced each other.
 The previous meeting, held in 1953, ended in a 26–0 shutout victory for the Hurricanes.
 Current Virginia Tech head football coach and then-player Frank Beamer participated in the game as a backup cornerback for the Hokies. 2002 Rose Bowl
The 2002 Rose Bowl, played on January 3, 2002, was a college football bowl game.
 It was the 88th Rose Bowl game and was the BCS National Championship Game of the 2001 college football season.
 The game featured the Miami Hurricanes and the Nebraska Cornhuskers, marking the first time since the 1919 Rose Bowl, and only the third time in the game's history, that neither the Big Ten nor the Pac-10 Conferences had a representative in this game.
 The Hurricanes won the game, 37–14, for their fifth national title.
 Miami quarterback Ken Dorsey and wide receiver Andre Johnson were named the Rose Bowl Players of the Game. 1934–35 NCAA football bowl games
The 1934–35 NCAA football bowl games were the first to feature the Sugar Bowl and the Orange Bowl, which complemented the only previous annual post-season game, the Rose Bowl.
 The Orange Bowl was hosted by the local team, the Miami Hurricanes, who faced the invited Bucknell Bison.
 Likewise, the Sugar Bowl was also hosted by the in-town team (the Tulane Green Wave), and also invited a Pennsylvania club as their opponents, the Temple Owls.
 The Rose Bowl featured two national powerhouses, the Stanford Indians of the West and the Alabama Crimson Tide from the South.
 Alabama's victory sealed their undefeated season and ended Stanford's, leaving Minnesota the only other undefeated team in the nation. 1999 Rose Bowl
The 1999 Rose Bowl was the 85th Rose Bowl game and was played on Friday January 1, 1999, at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California.
 It was a college football bowl game at the end of the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.
 Wisconsin defeated UCLA by a score of 38-31.
 Ron Dayne of Wisconsin was named the Rose Bowl Player of the Game.
 He tied a modern Rose Bowl record with four touchdowns.
 This was the first year that the Rose Bowl became part of the Bowl Championship Series, ending a long-standing agreement between the Big Ten and the "West Representative" (PCC/AAWU) and the first year that the game was branded with corporate sponsorship.
 Unlike the other bowl games, the sponsor was not added to the title of the game, but instead as a presenter, so it became known as The Rose Bowl Game presented by AT&T.