Jaquan Brisker Reveals Surprise Preference for Bears' Next Head Coach
While he awaits an answer, Brisker will continue to focus on making his comeback for the Bears in 2025. He sustained a ...
James Franklin, Marcus Freeman are two of 16 Black coaches. One will be first to lead team to national title game
James Franklin of Penn State and Marcus Freeman of Notre Dame will face off in the Orange Bowl. The winner will be the first ...
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Franklin, Freeman representing Black football coaches on national stage at Orange Bowl
Either Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman or Penn State’s James Franklin will become the first Black coach to compete for a college ...
As Marcus Freeman puts Notre Dame on national title doorstep, can Chicago Bears resist him?
A youth movement takes hold among college football coaches, and Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman is the handsome face of this ...
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Why James Franklin–Marcus Freeman Matchup Is Progress for Black Coaches
Franklin noted the 2007 Super Bowl between the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts as a noteworthy moment ... “It gives people like me the motivation that I can be the next Marcus Freeman or James ...
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Black coaches in college football: How Marcus Freeman or James Franklin will make history in 2025 championship game
In line with the 12-team playoff's historic nature, the CFP semifinals feature a matchup that will guarantee more history in ...
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Black coaches have shot at a college football title a generation after that ‘significant’ milestone was hit in basketball
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 ...
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James Franklin, Marcus Freeman Discuss Historic Opportunity For Black Coaches
Either James Franklin or Marcus Freeman will make history ... February 04, 2007 – Miami, FL, USA – Chicago Bears coach LOVIE SMITH (R) against Indianapolis Colts coach TONY DUNGY (R) in ...
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Franklin, Freeman representing Black football coaches on national stage at Orange Bowl
James Franklin thinks back to Super Bowl 41. It was Tony Dungy’s Indianapolis Colts against Lovie Smith’s Chicago Bears, a game the Colts won 29-17 on Feb. 4, 2007. “The first Super Bowl ...