Clark Lea and Shea Ralph balance coaching Vanderbilt football and women's basketball with being parents of young children.

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.

Clark Lea was in the middle of preseason practice ... And I think for me, at least, it was watching him with his family and with his two older children, and realizing what a great dad he is ...