Either Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman or Penn State’s James Franklin will become the first Black coach to compete for a college football national championship.

Adam Breneman, the former Penn State tight end and CBS Sports analyst, says James Franklin is in position to write a storybook ending.

James Franklin thinks back to Super Bowl 41. It was Tony Dungy’s Indianapolis Colts against Lovie Smith’s Chicago Bears, a game the Colts won 29-17 on Feb. 4, 2007. “The first Super Bowl ...

Here's a closer look at how Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman is the first Black coach to make the college football national championship game

Marcus Freeman appears determined to make this not about himself, but when one is in the process of achieving something unprecedented, that’s even more difficult than conjuring a gameplan to defeat the 2024 Ohio State Buckeyes on the 20 th day of 2025.

A youth movement takes hold among college football coaches, and Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman is the handsome face of this millennial moment.

Local observers tout the impact of the first Black/Asian American coach to reach the national champs. Coach Freeman points attention back to his team.

Black college football coaches share what it means to see a Black coach contend for the national title for the first time.

Atlanta -- which means Freeman will make history on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and in King's hometown.  There is a duality about Freeman being the head coach at any program, much less the bluest of blue bloods.

The desire to run it back in 2025 will set high expectations — the highest of any of James Franklin's Penn State teams.

The win makes Freeman the first Black coach to lead a team into the FBS title game, which is set to kick off on Monday, January 20 in Atlanta, Georgia. Freeman, whose father is Black and mother is South Korean,

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