Sunday, January 10, 2016

Larry Coker Fired by UTSA

Larry Coker has been fired by UTSA.  Coker was the first head football coach at UTSA.  Here is a look at the UTSA program under Coker and well as his contract.

Larry Coker [2012-2015]

2012
In UTSA's first season as a member of the Football Bowl Subdivision, the Roadrunners finished the regular season at 8-4, but were bowl ineligible since they played four FCS schools going 4-0, but only one of those wins counts towards bowl eligibility, so really the Roadrunners were 4-4 in the FBS.  The Roadrunners played against a “much easier” strength of schedule, meaning the Roadrunners strength of schedule was more than two standard deviation higher than the the "league" average strength of schedule.  UTSA's best regular season victory against in-state rival #99 ranked Texas State by a score of (38-31) and their worst loss was to #64 ranked Rice by a score of (14-34).  UTSA finished the season as the #84 ranked team overall, with the #102 ranked offense and the #40 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2013
The Roadrunners finished the regular season at 7-5 and were bowl eligible, but uninvited.  The Roadrunners played against an “average” strength of schedule, meaning that UTSA's SOS was plus or minus one standard deviation of the "league" average SOS.  UTSA's best regular season victory against #33 ranked North Texas by a score of (21-13) and UTSA's worst loss was to #50 ranked Rice by a score of (21-27).  The Roadrunners finished the season as the #66 ranked team overall, with the #67 ranked offense and the #63 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2014
UTSA finished the regular season at 5-7, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule and were bowl ineligible.  UTSA's best regular season victory against #9 ranked Louisiana Tech by a score of (27-20) and their worst loss was to #107 ranked Florida Atlantic by a score of (37-41).  UTSA finished the season as the #100 ranked team overall, with the #120 ranked offense and the #34 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2015
At the conclusion of the regular season, UTSA fired head football coach Larry Coker after going 3-9.  UTSA played against an “easier” strength of schedule, meaning that the Roadrunners SOS was between one and two standard deviations greater than the "leagues" average SOS.  UTSA's best victory was against #109 ranked Rice by a score of (34-24) and their worst loss was to #126 ranked North Texas by a score of (23-30).  UTSA's production rankings are:  #105 team overall, with the #108 offense and the #89 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.