INDIANAPOLIS Notre Dame Head Coach Marcus Freeman is now the first Black and first Asian American coach to lead his team to a national championship game. This major milestone is inspiring local Hoosiers in Central Indiana.To be in a national championship, its huge, said Pike Township Head Football Coach Michael Brevard.Brevard is entering his third season leading the high school team. He told WRTV that seeing Freemans accomplishments helps motiv…

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Meet Deion Sanders' Future R&B Singer Son-In-Law (1:28) Notre Dame clinched its spot in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game on Thursday night.The Fighting Irish hit a late field goal with seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to beat the Penn State Nittany Lions by three, 27-24. They came from behind to beat the Nittany Lions and advance to their first national title game since January 2013 when they played the Alabama Crim…

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Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman has scored a historical first.  Freeman, whose Fighting Irish won their Orange Bowl college football semifinal game on Thursday, will be the first Black and first Asian American coach to compete in the national championship game.   Freeman, who’s Korean American, reflected on his trailblazing status after the win.  “It is an honor, and I hope all coaches — minorities, Black, Asian, white, it doesn’t matte…

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Marcus Freeman – Source: CFP / Getty With Notre Dame’s win over Penn State, Marcus Freeman becomes the first black coach to reach the National Championship game. College football as we once knew it is almost unrecognizable, but Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame have stayed the course and secured a National Championship spot. In the first year of the expanded playoffs that jumped from only four teams to 12, the usual faces are nowhere to be found. No…

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Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman Becomes First Black Head Coach To Reach College Football National Championship Marcus Freeman is making history. The third-year head coach of Notre Dame led the Fighting Irish to their first College Football Playoff National Championship appearance since 2012, securing a 27-24 victory over Penn State in the 2025 Orange Bowl semifinal. Freeman has now become the first Black head coach to lead a team to a Division I col…

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Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman made history Thursday night, becoming the first Black or Asian coach to advance to the NCAA football championship game. Freeman has coached the Fighting Irish football team for three years, and the team has an impressive 14-1 record. The latest victory, a thrilling 27-24 win over head coach James Franklin and Penn State’s Nittany Lions, was secured by kicker Mitch Jeter’s 41-yard field goal with just seven seconds rem…

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Notre Dame is heading to the College Football Playoff National Championship under the leadership of head coach Marcus Freeman, following a nail-biting 27-24 victory over Penn State in the Orange Bowl semifinal. This marks the Fighting Irish’s first championship game appearance since 2012, and a historic moment for college football. 
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He is trailblazing a path for more Black coaches! 39-year-old Marcus Freeman is in his third year as head coach for Notre Dame, NBC News reports. Previously, he served as the team’s defensive coordinator but is now making historic waves at the helm of the Fighting Irish. This past week, Notre Dame defeated Penn State, 27-24, winning the Orange Bowl college football semifinal. An impressive victory gave Freeman an overall record of 34-9, and the …

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