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Clark Lea

2021-2025Vanderbilt

One defining stop at Vanderbilt.

Clark Lea coached 5 seasons, won 32.6%, and posted an average SRS of -0.0. Best season: 2025 Vanderbilt. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. One primary stop defined the run.

Career Record

16-33

Career Win %

32.6%

Seasons

5

Career Span

5 years

Average SRS

-0.0

Peak SRS

16.0

Best Finish

Consistency

11.2

Higher = steadier

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stop began.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Clark Lea
EliteStrongAverageLean
2021Actual season year • SRS range -11.0 to 16.02025

Active comparison point

Clark Lea2025

Selected

2025 Vanderbilt

Best season

0-0 • SRS 16.0 • SP Overall 20.3

Win %

YoY SRS

+8.6

SP Off / Def

39.9 / 21.4

Finish

Unranked

Comparison context

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School Tenures

Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

Vanderbilt

2021-20255 seasons

Avg SRS -0.0 • Win % 32.6%

Longest Tenure

Vanderbilt • 5 seasons

Best Tenure

Vanderbilt • -0.0 SRS

Best Tenure Win %

Vanderbilt • 32.6%

Style and Strength Profile

Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.

These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.

Overall Strength

Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.

Clark Lea sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Clark Lea sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Clark Lea

Mixed

Raw avg SP Overall: -2.3

49th pct

Mixed

Impact by School

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

Vanderbilt

2021-202516-33

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS -0.0Win % 32.6%

Avg wins

Higher is better

3.2 during vs 4.0 baseline

-0.8

Avg SRS

Higher is better

-0.0 during vs -3.9 baseline

+3.9

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

-2.3 during vs -4.0 baseline

+1.7

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

0.0% during vs 0.0% baseline

+0.0%

Career Highs and Lows

High Points

Best Season

Vanderbilt 2025

0-0SRS 16.0

Biggest Improvement

Vanderbilt 2024

7-618.4 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Vanderbilt 2025

0-0SP Off 39.9

Best Defensive Season

Vanderbilt 2025

0-0SP Def 21.4

Setbacks

Worst Season

Vanderbilt 2023

2-10SRS -11.0

Biggest Drop

Vanderbilt 2023

2-10-8.6 SRS

Season-by-Season Results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

Vanderbilt2025000016.020.339.921.4+8.6
Vanderbilt20241376053.8%7.44.928.225.4+18.4+37.2%
Vanderbilt202312210016.7%-11.0-12.723.636.3-8.6-25.0%
Vanderbilt20221257041.7%-2.4-4.729.933.4+7.8+25.0%
Vanderbilt202112210016.7%-10.2-19.417.435.6

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