It wasn't that Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman and his team needed any extra motivation entering the Orange Bowl, but the Irish leader and his team certain ...

A moment of mutual respect between the coaches of Notre Dame and Penn State steals the spotlight after a thrilling Orange ...

James Franklin of Penn State and Marcus Freeman of Notre Dame will face off in the Orange Bowl. The winner will be the first Black coach to guide a team to a College Football Playoff final.

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman was ‘angry’ after Penn State head coach James Franklin made a wisecrack about his appearance and age, said one of his players ...

When the Penn State Nittany Lions and Notre Dame Fighting Irish square off on Thursday night in the College Football Playoff semifinals, it will mark the ...

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, ...

Three years ago, James Franklin made it clear that change needed ... Now Penn State’s Franklin or Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman is on the brink of making history. One of them will become the ...

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.

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.

Freeman's Irish team is playing for the national title Monday and the program's outlook hasn't been this positive in decades.

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

According to Frank Vitovich, who writes and owns the site UHND, Freeman has more wins over top 5 teams in 2025 than Kelly and Penn State coach James Franklin combined in 23 years of coaching between ...