College football: Clark Lea gets extension at Vanderbilt
Former Notre Dame defensive coordinator Clark Lea has been extended by Vanderbilt to remain their head coach through 2029. Lea left Notre Dame after helping call their defense en route to College Football Playoff appearances in 2018 and 2020.
In two years at Vanderbilt, where Lea played fullback, the Commodores went 2-10 in 2021 before improving to 5-7 last year. Obviously the expectations at Vanderbilt are different than say, the rest of the SEC.
Lea has taken a program that was in contention for being the worst Power Five program and turned it into a respectable one in short order. His next step will be trying to get Vanderbilt back to bowl eligibility. They last played in a bowl game following the 2018 season.
