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. “I embraced my Korean background. “She’s a Korean woman who fell in love with this American guy that was stationed over in Korea,” Freeman said.

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Persons: Marcus Freeman, Freeman, ” Freeman, Mitch Jeter’s, he’s, selflessness, “ She’s, She’s, ’ Organizations: Notre Dame, Fighting Irish, Orange Bowl, ESPN, Penn State, Ohio State, Klau Institute for Civil, Human, Air Force, Players ’ Tribune Locations: American, Korean, Ohio State and Texas, South Korea, Korea, United States