Vanderbilt football head coach Clark Lea joined The Paul Finebaum Show in-studio on Tuesday afternoon. Lea was concluding a visit to the American Football Coaches Association Convention in Charlotte, where he serves on the board and was honored as Region Coach of the Year, and stopped by the SEC Network studios.
During the interview, Finebaum and Lea discussed the 2024 football season and Vandy’s historic win over No. 1 Alabama, the prospects for 2025, and the state of college football. To see the full interview courtesy of SEC Network, head over to the Vanderbilt Athletics YouTube page.
First, Lea had the opportunity to look back at the win over the Crimson Tide.
It was the biggest upset of the SEC season, @Coach_Lea reflects on Vanderbilt taking down Alabama https://t.co/Cb7bkypyK9 pic.twitter.com/rcHsVu7iBB
— Paul Finebaum (@finebaum) January 14, 2025
Then the coach discussed the prospects for his fifth season on West End.
“To copy and paste is to stay the same. To stay the same is to fail.”
Clark Lea on the mindset to build on last season’s success for @VandyFootball 📈 pic.twitter.com/Dq5x1GAyIi
— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) January 14, 2025
Vanderbilt is slated to open spring practice the first week of March in preparation for the 2025 season to kickoff Aug. 30 against Charleston Southern at FirstBank Stadium. Fans can fill out this form for more information on tickets for this fall.