Clark Lea was in the middle of preseason practice when his first child was born. Clark III was born in August 2012, when Lea was working as linebackers coach at Bowling Green.

Clark Lea, Vanderbilt’s new football coach and Notre Dame’s defensive coordinator, has a busy holiday season ahead.. On Monday, Lea was named the new coach of the Commodores, where he played ...

About five years ago, for example, Lea and his family were visiting Lea’s parents in Nashville during the offseason. Lea’s oldest son, Clark III, became ill enough that he required an eight ...

When Clark Lea's oldest son got sick about five years ago and was in the hospital for eight days, Brian Kelly — at the time vacationing overseas — called to check in on Lea's family. Today ...

Clark Lea’s mornings started at night, rising at 4:45 a.m. to leave his tiny apartment in downtown Hollywood for a volunteer post at UCLA.He drove by the bacchanal stumbling out of Sunset ...

Vanderbilt showed meaningful improvement from Lea's first year to his second -- the Commodores went from 2-10 and winless in the SEC to 5-7 and winning at Kentucky and over Florida.

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Clark Lea was one of the final additions to Scott Shafer's coaching staff in January, coming to Central New York to coach linebackers after one season at Bowling Green.

With new players, a new staff and a new role for himself, Vanderbilt football's Clark Lea says he's having the most fun he's ever had coaching.

Lea is impressed with Kelly’s evolution as a head coach and deft handling of the Notre Dame football team, particularly during the unsettling times of a pandemic. 247Sports.