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Clark Lea

Current Position

Head Coach

Salary

Coach Salaries Index

Salary

$3,711,137Source

Coach Salaries Index

Alma MaterVanderbilt/ 2004

DegreePolitical Science

Age44

High SchoolMontgomery Bell Academy

HometownNashville, TN

RivalsClark Lea

Agent:

Jimmy Sexton

CAA

Also Representing

HC/

/Age: 50/$13.3M

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/Age: 50/$13M

Lea News

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Clark Lea addresses Eli Stowers' decision to opt out of Vanderbilt bowl game

Daniel Hager•12/30/25

Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea and quarterback Diego Pavia

Clark Lea addresses Diego Pavia behavior after Heisman Trophy ceremony

Nick Schultz•12/19/25

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Michigan coaching search: Urban Meyer feels Vanderbilt's Clark Lea 'made sense' for job

Alex Byington•12/17/25

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Joel Klatt updates Michigan coaching search candidates, still not ruling out Kalen DeBoer

Nick Kosko•12/15/25

Michigan Wolverines timelines to know names to watch

Michigan coaching search: Names to know, timelines to watch

Pete Nakos•12/13/25

Vanderbilt HC Clark Lea

Clark Lea reveals how close 13th game for Vanderbilt's resumé was to happening

Sam Gillenwater•12/12/25

Coaching History

Vanderbilt

Head Coach2021 - present

Notre Dame

Defensive Coordinator2018 - 2020

Notre Dame

Linebackers Coach2017 - 2017

Wake Forest

Linebackers Coach2016 - 2016

Syracuse

Linebackers Coach2013 - 2015

Bowling Green

Linebackers Coach2012 - 2012

UCLA

Linebackers Coach2010 - 2011

UCLA

Graduate Assistant2009 - 2009