#307: Clark Lea, Head Football Coach, Vanderbilt – Belief is a practice

Hello, friends, and welcome to another episode of How Leaders Lead with David Novak. Today we have Clark Lee on the podcast. He is the head coach of the Vanderbilt football team, and as a Vanderbilt alum myself. I am thrilled about this conversation. Often you know there's a gap between what we say we want and what we're actually willing to do to get it. Clark Lee is obsessed.

With closing that gap. For him, the ultimate measure of belief isn't what you say or how you feel, it's the actions that you take. And it's that alignment that's at the heart of the incredible turnaround he's leading. With Vaterboat football. Under Clark's leadership and coaching, Bandy has gone from basically being the punching bag of the SEC to becoming one of the NCAA's most exciting teams. Notching their first 10 win season in 2025. This conversation will give you an inside look at what Clark is doing to drive that success.

Enjoy this conversation with Coach Lee and David, and I will see you at the Debrief. Clark, I got a tasty of the my daughter went to Vanderbilt, and you know, I I went uh I saw'em lose game after game whenever I was able to go to the campus. But I I have to admit I'm a Missouri alum. And I told Uh, Coach Drinkles is a very good friend of mine.

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