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Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea has reportedly agreed to a new six-year contract to stay in Nashville amid interest from other teams.
Lea's Commodores team are 9-2 and have a chance to make the College Football Playoff.
His impressive work at Vanderbilt has led to admiring glances from plenty of college football powerhouses with Penn State, Auburn, LSU and Florida all looking for new coaches.
But he has now committed his future to the Commodores and, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel, has signed a new six-year deal.
Although no specific figures have been reported, Lea is believed to have been awarded a significant pay rise.
It also supposedly includes a number of guarantees that will allow Lea, a Vanderbilt graduate, to continue the program's upward trajectory in the coming years.
Vanderbilt coach Clark Lea has reportedly agreed to a new six-year deal to stay in Nashville
Quarterback Diego Pavia has played his way into the Heisman Trophy conversation this year
One of the people to have benefited most from Lea's time at Vanderbilt is quarterback Diego Pavia.
The quarterback from New Mexico has played his way into the Heisman Trophy conversation by leading Vanderbilt to its first nine-win regular season.
A win Saturday at Tennessee would give the Commodores their first 10-win season ever and possibly a College Football Playoff berth.
Lea got Pavia to Vanderbilt as part of a package deal with his then-New Mexico State coach Jerry Kill and offensive coordinator Tim Beck. In Pavia's first season, the Commodores beat then-No. 1 Alabama for their first win over an AP Top Five opponent in 61 tries and posted their first winning record since 2013.
Pavia, who once walked on at New Mexico Military Institute, is having his best season yet putting himself among the nation's very best.
His play is why Vanderbilt has a Heisman Trophy campaign for the quarterback who wears No. 2 with a 'HEI2MAN' link on its football page and the #2turnt on social media.
