Clark Lea
Clark Lea is an American football coach who is currently the defensive coordinator at the University of Notre Dame.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Defensive coordinator |
| Team | Notre Dame |
| Conference | Independent |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 16, 1982 Nashville, Tennessee |
| Alma mater | Vanderbilt University (2004) [1] |
| Playing career | |
| 2001 | Birmingham-Southern College (Baseball) |
| 2002 | Belmont University (Baseball) |
| 2002–2004 | Vanderbilt (Football) |
| Position(s) | Fullback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2006 | UCLA (Defensive GA) |
| 2007 | South Dakota State (Linebackers) |
| 2008 | South Dakota State (Recruiting Coordinator/Linebackers) |
| 2009 | UCLA (GA Linebackers) |
| 2010–2011 | UCLA (Linebackers) |
| 2012 | Bowling Green (Linebackers) |
| 2013–2015 | Syracuse (Linebackers) |
| 2016 | Wake Forest (Linebackers) |
| 2017 | Notre Dame(Linebackers) |
| 2018–present | Notre Dame (Defensive Coordinator) |
Playing Career
Lea started his college career playing baseball. Lea helped lead Birmingham Southern to a NAIA championship his freshmen year. Lea then transferred to Belmont and played one year of baseball. Lea finished his college career at Vanderbilt playing fullback his last two years. [2]
Coaching Career
Lea started his coaching career with assistant coaching jobs at UCLA, South Dakota State, Bowling Green and Syracuse. [3] Lea followed Mike Elko to Notre Dame. Lea had previously worked with Elko at Bowling Green. [4] Lea was promoted to Defensive Coordinator after Elko left for Texas A&M. [5]
gollark: So now we've gotten bees, can we have attack *geckoes*?
gollark: You cannot use bees on everyone. Everyone is not a player.
gollark: Ah yes, of course, I must - if I want you to be beesed - pass the bee poll.
gollark: The bee poll they launched against themselves passed.
gollark: I think SoundOfSpouting loses a point from being beesed?
References
- Clark Lea profile, Notre Dame Football
- "Ex Vanderbilt player named Notre Dame Linebacker coach". Tennessean.
- Notre Dame officially hires Clark Lea as linebackers coach, NBC Sports
- Lea to join ND staff, CBS Sports
- Notre Dame hires Clark Lea as Defensive Coordinator, SB Nation
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