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

With Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame set to square off against James Franklin and Penn State in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 9 ...

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.

Notre Dame’s 23-10 victory on Thursday against Georgia in the Sugar Bowl did more than send the ... comes more than 40 years after John Thompson became the first Black coach to win a Division ...

At the NFL level, Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith became the first Black coaches to make it to the Super Bowl in 2007 ... Georgetown’s John Thompson was the first Black coach to compete in a national ...

A year removed from a 13-0 ACC title-winning regular season that ended in the infamous playoff snub and Orange ... John Papuchis replacing Randy Shannon there is a clean slate to work with ...

John Thompson led Georgetown to the championship in 1984 ... The winning coach of Thursday’s national semifinal in the Orange Bowl – either Penn State’s James Franklin or Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman – ...

John Thompson led Georgetown to the championship ... The winning coach of Thursday's national semifinal in the Orange Bowl -- either Penn State's James Franklin or Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman ...

Their teams meet in the Orange Bowl semifinal ... Men’s college basketball crossed this bridge a long time ago. John Thompson won a national title with the Georgetown Hoyas in 1984, then ...

The John Mackey Award winner finished with 63 receiving yards and two touchdowns on six receptions on the night, with one of those touchdowns coming on a catch that he had to jump well into the air to ...