SEC Media Days: Lea wants players to view 2024 as a beginning

NCAA Football: Birmingham Bowl-Georgia Tech at Vanderbilt — Dec 27, 2024; Birmingham, AL, USA; Vanderbilt Commodores head coach Clark Lea looks on during a timeout during the first half of the 2024 Birmingham Bowl at Protective Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images

Nobody saw Vanderbilt’s 2024 success coming, but this year nobody is going to sleep on the Commodores and quarterback Diego Pavia.

Vanderbilt head coach Clark Lea was the last head coach to take the main stage at SEC Media Days on Monday and he had a lot to say, reflecting on his ups and downs in Nashville over the years.

Expectations are higher than usual for the Commodores but Lea knows the program’s margins are still razor thin.

READ: What Clark Lea said at SEC Media Days