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Franklin, Freeman representing Black football coaches on national stage at Orange Bowl
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 featuring a ...
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Black coaches have shot at a college football title a generation after that ‘significant’ milestone was hit in basketball
Franklin, 52, says he remembers Dungy coaching against Lovie Smith in the 2007 Super Bowl ... I don’t take that for granted.” Head coach James Franklin of the Penn State Nittany Lions ...
James Franklin or Marcus Freeman will be first Black head coach in FBS championship
Either Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman or Penn State's James Franklin will make this history ... Super Bowl XLI in 2007 had Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith. Why would this moment in FBS history possibly equal ...
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Marcus Freeman, James Franklin hope CFP runs help all Black coaches
Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman and Penn State's James Franklin are aware they are on ... him of Super Bowl XLI between Tony Dungy and Lovie Smith in 2007, the first Super Bowl featuring Black head ...