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11. Larry Coker

Coker took the groundwork led by his former boss Butch Davis and took the Hurricanes to the next level. He turned in the greatest job by a first-year head coach in college football history. Miami outscored its opponents 512-117.

Only four of Miami opponents reached double figures and only one got within a single-digit margin. The Hurricanes demolished Nebraska 37-14 in the National Championship game at the Rose Bowl. The final margin wasn’t indicative of how dominant the Hurricanes were. They led 34-0 at halftime.

The Hurricanes were so dominant that season that in addition to having only one opponent get within ten points, they also won every game but two by at least 22 points, won four times by at least forty and had three victories by 58 or more.

Their most impressive stretch came when destroyed number 14 Syracuse and number 12 Washington in back to back weeks 124-7. That set an all-time record for winning margin against back to back ranked teams.

Coker would lead the 2002 Hurricanes to another undefeated season. Miami had a 34 game winning streak broken in the Fiesta Bowl. It appeared they had clinched their second straight national championship before an extremely late and questionable pass interference penalty was thrown.

Coker was fired following a 7-6 record after the 2006 season. He finished his six-year Miami tenure with a 60-15 record.