Age: 38
Current job: Defensive coordinator, Notre Dame (since 2018)
Previous jobs: Linebackers coach, Notre Dame (2017), Wake Forest (2016), Syracuse (2013-15), Bowling Green (2012), UCLA (2010-11), South Dakota State (2007-08)
Career record: N/A
If you’re going to go with a coordinator, at least go with a successful one, right? That’s at least part of the appeal of Clark Lea, the defensive coordinator at Notre Dame.
Lea took over defensive playcalling duties at Notre Dame in 2018 and in his three years, the Irish defense has finished 13th (2018), 12th (2019), and 11th (2020, season still ongoing) in defensive points per game.