Now there's a new layer to the conversation as Penn State football prepares to take on Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff semifinal in the Orange ... Lovie Smith played in Super Bowl ...

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.

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

It was Tony Dungy’s Indianapolis Colts against Lovie Smith’s Chicago Bears ... 7 seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish (13-1) in the Orange Bowl at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, it will be a College Football ...

Atlanta -- which means Freeman will make history on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and in King's hometown.  There is a duality ...

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

At the NFL level, Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith became the first Black coaches ... “This isn't about one person,” Freeman said at the pre-Orange Bowl news conference on Jan. 8.

There is uncertainty with any first-time head coach, but Chicago now pairs a long-coveted coach with a roster the front ...

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.