FILE - Notre Dame defensive coordinator Clark Lea steps off the team bus before an NCAA college football game in South Bend, Ind., Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. Vanderbilt is negotiating a deal with Notre Dame defensive coordinator Clark Lea to make the former Commodores football player its new head coach. Two people with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press details of a contract were still being worked out but Lea was the school's top choice.(Matt Cashore/Pool Photo via AP, File)

FILE - Syracuse running back Sean Tucker (34) is tackled by Notre Dame linebacker Drew White (40) in the second half of an NCAA college football game in South Bend, Ind., in this Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020, file photo. Marcus Freeman believes the best thing he can do as Notre Dame’s new defensive coordinator is to get out of the way of his players. (Matt Cashore/Pool Photo via AP, File)