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 ...

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

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 ...

James Franklin is the longest-tenured of the group, while Charles Huff and Willie Simmons will enter their first seasons at their respective schools. Willie E. Jeffries is the first Black head ...

James Franklin thinks back to Super Bowl 41 ... “The first Super Bowl featuring a Black head coach at all, let alone two,” Franklin said. “Dungy became the first Black coach to win a ...

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 ...

With Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame set to square off against James Franklin and Penn State in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9, a Black coach is guaranteed to appear in the national championship game for the ...

Plenty set apart Marcus Freeman and James Franklin, who will stand on opposite sidelines Thursday ... advances for the chance to play for a national championship. The first Black head coach to get a ...

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 ...