James Franklin of Penn State and Marcus Freeman of Notre Dame will face off in the Orange Bowl. The winner will be the first Black coach to guide a team to a College Football Playoff final.

As James Franklin prepares for the Orange Bowl, the Nittany Lions head coach reflected on how two Black head coaches can impact the future.

In line with the 12-team playoff's historic nature, the CFP semifinals feature a matchup that will guarantee more history in the national championship game.

In the 155 years since the 1st college football game there's never been a Black head coach in the Championship, until this years winner of the Notre Dame Penn State Game.

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 ...

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 ...

Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman and Penn State's James Franklin are aware they are on the brink of making history in the College ...

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 ...

MIAMI — James Franklin thinks back to Super Bowl 41. It was Tony Dungy’s Indianapolis Colts against Lovie Smith’s Chicago ...

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 ...

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 ...