Either Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman or Penn State's James Franklin will make this history. In many ways it equals another unique moment. That was when the Super Bowl featured its first Black head ...

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It's worth mentioning that Franklin was born in 1972; in 1979, Willie Jeffries became the first Black head coach of a Division I-A (now known as FBS) program ever.

The split in men’s basketball is 59.6% Black or two-race players and 24.8% Black head coaches. Both Franklin and Freeman are mixed race; Franklin’s mother is white, and Freeman’s mom is Korean.

The split in men’s basketball is 59.6% Black or two-race players and 24.8% Black head coaches. Both Franklin and Freeman are mixed race; Franklin’s mother is white, and Freeman’s mom is Korean.

James Franklin thought change was coming before. He thought so when Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith made history as the first Black head coaches to face each other in a Super Bowl 15 years ago.

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At the time, there were six Black head coaches in college football, Franklin said. There are now 16 head coaches in 134 FBS programs, something Franklin described as progress.

Marcus Freeman or James Franklin will become the first Black head coach to make an FBS national championship game. This is an historic moment.

College football will see its first Black head coach guide his team to the national championship game at the highest level of the game with either Penn State’s James Franklin or Notre Dame’s ...