Ari Wasserman of On3 took his crack at ranking the top 25 coaches in 2025, and Franklin's ranking seems to be lagging.

Franklin was named one of the most likely coaches to win his first national championship next season in a recent story by CBS ...

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 ...

It's a guarantee, something unfamiliar to Black men across the country seeking opportunities to achieve what Marcus Freeman did at 35 and James Franklin at 42: become a head coach at an FBS program.

We don't have a Rooney Rule. We definitely need one.) This moment with Franklin and Freeman (no relation) is vital because it can create a future permission structure for ADs. We shouldn't need ...

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.

Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman was coaching in the Orange Bowl with a little extra fire in his belly following comments made at his expense by Penn State coach James Franklin. At a Wednesday ...

James Franklin of Penn State and Marcus Freeman of Notre Dame already have broken ground as the first Black head coaches to lead teams to the College Football Playoff. Both are 2-0 in the 12-team ...

And they do deserve their roses. “It gives people like me the motivation that I can be the next Marcus Freeman or James Franklin. You want to be part of this movement, to be men who show they ...

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 ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Penn State head coach James Franklin and Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman are joining reporters Wednesday morning for a final look ahead at their teams’ matchup Thursday ...

James Franklin and the Penn State Nittany Lions ... Franklin sent a message to Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman. Franklin shared high praise for Freeman and the Fighting Irish, mentioning ...