As Notre Dame's head football coach, Marcus Freeman has enough on his plate without a minute's thought as to dealing with the Jackie Robinson factor.

The spring and summer of 2020 was a fraught time for college football coaches. Their sport was shut down by the COVID-19 ...

This historic Orange Bowl has been shaped by the struggle over race and place embedded within the history of the bowl game itself and its host city, Miami. For almost a century, the Orange Bowl has ...

Notre Dame football and Penn State both boast Black head coaches, which matters, but shouldn't be the central focus for ...

The winning coach of Thursday's national semifinal in the Orange Bowl — either Penn State's James Franklin ... two-race ...

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

Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman and Penn State's James Franklin are aware they are on the brink of making history in the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl on Thursday. The ...

But Penn State football coach James Franklin believes some strong performances from his receivers have been lost in the run game’s shadow. On Penn State’s run to an Orange Bowl date with Notre ...

Nittany Lions coach James Franklin told local media in State College on Saturday that star defensive end Abdul Carter, who has been nursing a left arm injury, could be ready for kickoff if the ...

Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman and Penn State's James ... Franklin said it reminded him of Super Bowl XLI between Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith in 2007, the first Super Bowl featuring Black head coaches.

"At this point, I don't think there's anything that is stopping him from playing," Penn State coach James Franklin said Saturday. "But it's just going to come down to how is he able to play?

No matter which team wins the Orange Bowl, either Penn State coach James Franklin or Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman ... He also noted the handful of coaches, Black and white, who guided him to get to ...