Clark Lea
| 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) |
Clark Lea is an American football coach who is currently the defensive coordinator at the University of Notre Dame.
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]
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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