James Franklin of Penn State and Marcus Freeman of Notre Dame already have broken ground as the first Black head coaches to lead teams to the College Football Playoff. Both are 2-0 in the 12-team ...

Many of the most prominent Black names in the business, from the NFL and college, were invited speakers. Among the headline speakers in the series of Zoom meetings that summer was James Franklin ...

The winning coach of Thursday’s national semifinal in the Orange Bowl — either Penn State’s James Franklin or Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman — will have a chance to become the first Black ...

There's going to be a Black head coach playing for a national ... We definitely need one.) This moment with Franklin and Freeman (no relation) is vital because it can create a future permission ...

where two Black head coaches, the Nittany Lions' James Franklin and the Fighting Irish's Marcus Freeman, will stand across from each other on the sidelines. The winner of that matchup will go on ...

It's a guarantee, something unfamiliar to Black men across the country seeking opportunities to achieve what Marcus Freeman did at 35 and James Franklin at 42: become a head coach at an FBS program.

Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman and Penn State's James Franklin are aware they ... the first Super Bowl featuring Black head coaches. Franklin was the offensive coordinator at Kansas State at the ...

When Penn State coach James Franklin and Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman square off in Thursday’s College Football Playoff semifinal, they won’t just be playing for a spot in the title game.