For Franklin, he thinks back to Super Bowl XLI, where Tony Dungy of the Indianapolis Colts and Lovie Smith of the Chicago Bears faced off. It was the first Super Bowl featuring Black head coaches.

However, for coach James Franklin, the current state of the sport is much greater than on-field success. Franklin led the Nittany Lions to a near-perfect regular season, falling one game short ...

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 ...

Franklin noted the 2007 Super Bowl between the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts as ... that I can be the next Marcus Freeman or James Franklin. You want to be part of this movement, to be ...

The Chicago Bears' head coaching search could ... table during his three seasons at Penn State under the successful James Franklin, who sports a 101-42 record. Brisker also bore witness to the ...

Either Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman or Penn State’s James Franklin will become the first Black coach to compete for a college football national championship.