[citation needed] He was playing schoolboy football when he was spotted by West Ham scout Wally St Pier.
[1] He spent the 1974 off-season with the Boston Minutemen of the North American Soccer League (NASL), earning Second Team All Star honors.
Halfway through the 1976 season, Minutemen owner John Sterge began selling his players in order to forestall bankruptcy.
After the Kick's playoff victory over the Tampa Bay Rowdies, Coker's shoes were stolen off his feet by a jubilant fan.
[6] In 2008, Coker alongside his West Ham teammates, Clive Charles and Clyde Best, were the subjects of the book 'East End Heroes, Stateside Kings'.