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Clark Lea

Vanderbilt logoHead Coach, Vanderbilt Commodores

E. Bronson Ingram Chair in Football

At Vanderbilt since

Record
29-41
Win percentage
.414
Games
70
Seasons
62021–2026

Season history

Every season the coach has run a program.

SeasonTeamRecord
2026Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt3-5AP preseason —AP final —SRS -4.1SP+ 1.2Offense 28.2Defense 27.2
2025Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt10-3AP preseason —AP final #15SRS 16.0SP+ 20.3Offense 39.9Defense 21.4
2024Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt7-6AP preseason —AP final —SRS 7.4SP+ 4.9Offense 28.2Defense 25.4
2023Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt2-10AP preseason —AP final —SRS -11.0SP+ -12.7Offense 23.6Defense 36.3
2022Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt5-7AP preseason —AP final —SRS -2.4SP+ -4.7Offense 29.9Defense 33.4
2021Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt2-10AP preseason —AP final —SRS -10.2SP+ -19.4Offense 17.4Defense 35.6

Coaching history

Dated coaching jobs from published histories and school biographies.

YearsTeamRole
2020–VanderbiltHead Coach
2018–2020Notre DameDefensive Coordinator (under Brian Kelly)
2017–2018Notre DameLinebackers Coach (under Brian Kelly)
2016–2017Wake ForestLinebackers Coach (under Dave Clawson)
2013–2015SyracuseLinebackers Coach (under Scott Shafer)
2012Bowling GreenLinebackers Coach (under Dave Clawson)
2010–2011UCLALinebackers Coach (under Rick Neuheisel)
2007–2008South Dakota StateLinebackers Coach
2006UCLAGraduate Assistant (under Karl Dorrell)
2005VanderbiltGraduate Assistant (under Bobby Johnson)