HOOVER, Ala. — Usually when a coach is hired by his alma mater, it’s with the idea of rekindling past glory from his playing days.
Think Arkansas native Bear Bryant returning to Alabama. Or former University of Arkansas assistant Johnny Majors being hired at Tennessee, Ken Hatfield at Arkansas and Steve Spurrier at Florida. More recently, the example is Kirby Smart at Georgia.
Clark Lea, going into his first season as Vanderbilt’s coach, played for the Commodores as a walk-on fullback from 2002-04.
Those weren’t the good old days for Vanderbilt.
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