Coaches
Clark Lea
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Clark Lea*
Head coach, Vanderbilt · Played at Vanderbilt 2002-2004
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Harvard-Westlake School (unknown) | Other | assistant | not known |
| 2006 | UCLA | GA | GA | Karl Dorrell |
| 2007 | South Dakota State | Position | LB | not known |
| 2008 | South Dakota State | Position | RC/LB | not known |
| 2009 | UCLA (GA) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2010-2011 | UCLA | Position | LB | Rick Neuheisel |
| 2012 | Bowling Green | Position | LB | Dave Clawson |
| 2013-2015 | Syracuse | Position | LB | Scott Shafer |
| 2016 | Wake Forest | Position | LB | Dave Clawson |
| 2017 | Notre Dame | Position | LB | Brian Kelly |
| 2018-2020 | Notre Dame (DC) (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2018-2020 | Notre Dame | DC | Defensive coordinator · season pages | Brian Kelly |
| 2021- | Vanderbilt | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Vanderbilt | 2-10 | - → - | 124 | 120 | -19.4 | 0% wins | 130 |
| 2022 | Vanderbilt | 5-7 | - → - | 84 | 126 | -4.7 | 17% wins | 131 |
| 2023 | Vanderbilt | 2-10 | - → - | 118 | 131 | -12.7 | 42% wins | 133 |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 7-6 | - → - | 72 | 102 | 4.9 | 17% wins | 134 |
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 10-3 | - → 15 | 1 | 96 | 20.3 | 54% wins | 136 |
| 2026 | Vanderbilt | 4-5 | - → - | 104 | 102 | -1.5 | 77% wins | 138 |
Worked under
- Karl Dorrell · UCLA 2006 (GA)
- Rick Neuheisel · UCLA 2010-2011 (Position)
- Dave Clawson · Bowling Green 2012 (Position)
- Scott Shafer · Syracuse 2013-2015 (Position)
- Dave Clawson · Wake Forest 2016 (Position)
- Brian Kelly · Notre Dame 2017-2020 (DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 9
- David Raih · Vanderbilt 2021 (OC, Position)
- Jesse Minter · Vanderbilt 2021 (DC, Position)
- Joey Lynch · Vanderbilt 2021-2023 (OC, Other, Position)
- Dan Jackson · Vanderbilt 2022-2023 (Position)
- Nick Howell · Vanderbilt 2022-2023 (DC)
- Jerry Kill · Vanderbilt 2024-2026 (Analyst)
- Steve Gregory · Vanderbilt 2024-2026 (Analyst, DC)
- Tim Beck · Vanderbilt 2024-2026 (OC)
- Bob Shoop · Vanderbilt 2025-2026 (Analyst)
Level 2: on their staffs · 4
- Craig Naivar · Coastal Carolina 2023-2024 (DC) · under Tim Beck
- Travis Trickett · Coastal Carolina 2023-2024 (OC, Position) · under Tim Beck
- Drew Hollingshead · Coastal Carolina 2025 (OC) · under Tim Beck
- Jeremiah Johnson · Coastal Carolina 2025 (DC) · under Tim Beck
Coached together
- Chuck Bullough · UCLA 2006-2010 · him GA, Position, them DC, Position
- DeWayne Walker · UCLA 2006 · him GA, them DC
- Dino Babers · UCLA 2006 · him GA, them Position
- Gary DeLoach · UCLA 2006 · him GA, them Other
- Jim Svoboda · UCLA 2006 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Karl Dorrell · UCLA 2006 · him GA, them Head coach
- John Stiegelmeier · South Dakota State 2007-2008 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Daronte Jones · UCLA 2010 · him Position, them Position
- Norm Chow · UCLA 2010 · him Position, them OC
- Rick Neuheisel · UCLA 2010-2011 · him Position, them Head coach
- Joe Tresey · UCLA 2011 · him Position, them DC
- Marques Tuiasosopo · UCLA 2011 · him Position, them GA
- Mike Johnson · UCLA 2011 · him Position, them Head coach, OC
- Dave Clawson · Bowling Green 2012 · him Position, them Head coach
- Mark Carney* · Bowling Green 2012 · him Position, them Position
- Mike Elko* · Bowling Green 2012 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Nick Monroe · Bowling Green 2012 · him Position, them Position
- Warren Ruggiero · Bowling Green 2012 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Chuck Bullough · Syracuse 2013-2015 · him Position, them DC
- George McDonald · Syracuse 2013-2014 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Scott Shafer · Syracuse 2013-2015 · him Position, them Head coach
- Tim Lester · Syracuse 2013-2015 · him Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Bobby Acosta · Syracuse 2014-2015 · him Position, them Position
- Jake Moreland · Syracuse 2015 · him Position, them Position
- Steve Gregory · Syracuse 2015 · him Position, them Analyst
- Dave Clawson · Wake Forest 2016 · him Position, them Head coach
- Dave Cohen · Wake Forest 2016 · him Position, them Position
- Mike Elko* · Wake Forest 2016 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Warren Ruggiero · Wake Forest 2016 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Autry Denson · Notre Dame 2017-2018 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Brian Kelly · Notre Dame 2017-2020 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Brian Polian · Notre Dame 2017-2020 · him DC, Position, them Other, ST coord.
- Chip Long · Notre Dame 2017-2019 · him DC, Position, them OC
- Del Alexander · Notre Dame 2017-2020 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Jeff Quinn · Notre Dame 2017-2020 · him DC, Position, them Position, Strength
- Mike Elko* · Notre Dame 2017 · him Position, them DC
- Todd Lyght · Notre Dame 2017-2019 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Tommy Rees · Notre Dame 2017-2020 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Tyler Santucci · Notre Dame 2017 · him Position, them Analyst
- Chris O'Leary · Notre Dame 2018-2020 · him DC, them Analyst
- Lance Taylor* · Notre Dame 2019-2020 · him DC, them Position
- John McNulty · Notre Dame 2020 · him DC, them Position
- Kerry Cooks · Notre Dame 2020 · him DC, them Analyst
- David Raih · Vanderbilt 2021 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Jesse Minter · Vanderbilt 2021 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Joey Lynch · Vanderbilt 2021-2023 · him Head coach, them OC, Other, Position
- Dan Jackson · Vanderbilt 2022-2023 · him Head coach, them Position
- Nick Howell · Vanderbilt 2022-2023 · him Head coach, them DC
- Jerry Kill · Vanderbilt 2024-2026 · him Head coach, them Analyst
- Steve Gregory · Vanderbilt 2024-2026 · him Head coach, them Analyst, DC
- Tim Beck · Vanderbilt 2024-2026 · him Head coach, them OC
- Bob Shoop · Vanderbilt 2025-2026 · him Head coach, them Analyst
Played together
- Matt Weiss · Vanderbilt 2002-2003