Marcus Freeman appears determined to make this not about himself, but when one is in the process of achieving something ...

Freeman, who is bi-racial with Black and South Korean parents, already staked a place as the first such head coach to lead a ...

In 2003, Sylvester Croom told reporters, "There ain’t but one color that matters here and that color is maroon,” upon his hiring at Mississippi State, marking the first time an SEC program ...

Sylvester Croom became the first in the SEC, hired by Mississippi State in 2004. The Bulldogs were 8-27 under Jackie Sherrill in the three seasons before Croom, and he made them better but ...

He remembers what that meant to him and his players, not only knowing the number, but each of their names: Sylvester Croom was at Mississippi State, Turner Gill was at Buffalo, Karl Dorrell was ...

The Bowl Championship Series debuted in 1998. Five years later, Mississippi State made Sylvester Croom the first Black head coach in SEC history. Twenty-two years after that moment, the league has ...

As James Franklin prepares for the Orange Bowl, the Nittany Lions head coach reflected on how two Black head coaches can impact the future.

But it is an increase," Franklin said. Franklin also referred to other coaches he's encountered over the years, from Mississippi State's Sylvester Croom to current Atlanta Falcons coach Raheem ...

Craig Meyer is a college sportswriter for the USA Today Network and the publisher of the Substack newsletter the Front Porch, where a version of this essay first appeared. When Notre Dame takes ...

Goodwin made an impression on head coach Sylvester Croom and defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson, and he was also around several other young budding coaches on the MSU staff. One of those ...