Franklin was named one of the most likely coaches to win his first national championship next season in a recent story by CBS ...

Before their teams square off in the Orange Bowl, Penn State head coach James Franklin admitted Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman is living his follicle fantasy. During a Wednesday, January 8 ...

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.

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

We don't have a Rooney Rule. We definitely need one.) This moment with Franklin and Freeman (no relation) is vital because it can create a future permission structure for ADs. We shouldn't need ...

Just a day before, Fighting Irish coach Marcus Freeman and his Nittany Lions counterpart James Franklin attended a joint news conference in the lead-up to the College Football Playoff semifinal.

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 ...

Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman was coaching in the Orange Bowl with a little extra fire in his belly following comments made at his expense by Penn State coach James Franklin. At a Wednesday ...

And they do deserve their roses. “It gives people like me the motivation that I can be the next Marcus Freeman or James Franklin. You want to be part of this movement, to be men who show they ...

F ORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Penn State head coach James Franklin and Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman are joining reporters Wednesday morning for a final look ahead at their teams’ matchup Thursday ...

In fact, it's one of the most important. 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 ...