It’s Mar. 27 and everything is stopped, Vanderbilt’s entire team is kneeling on the grass practice field around Clark Lea.

Vanderbilt football holding a spring game at FirstBank Stadium in 2025 was a marker of progress in itself. No more high ...

If the intensity isn’t there during a workout or someone is late to an assignment, there’s a reminder. If there’s a lack of ...

Campbell, a 6-2, 300-pounder, committed May 9. He chose Vanderbilt over Syracuse, Oklahoma State and Cal. Hometown / School: ...

Clark Lea says Vanderbilt football will be at its healthiest on the first day of fall camp. Beyond that point, you’ll likely see a growing group of Vanderbilt players off to the side on the bike ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Clark Lea had his headset on until the end, a fitting finish to a rivalry episode and season that were both ridiculous. Vanderbilt was locked in on defense, trying to keep ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Last season was “as tired as I’ve ever been,” Clark Lea said, and the Vanderbilt coach wasn’t complaining. He was explaining why he’s changing a formula that led to ...

Clark III was born in August 2012, when Lea was working as linebackers coach at Bowling Green. Lea had arranged with then-head coach Dave Clawson to go be with his wife Allison when his son was born.

Clark Lea is not unfamiliar with being a defensive coordinator. It is, after all, the position he held for three years at Notre Dame before taking the head job with Vanderbilt football.

Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea knows that, yet he’s not telling his players to stand down. “I encourage it,” Lea told Vandy on SI . “That’s the reason you play.