Here's a closer look at how Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman is the first Black coach to make the college football national championship game

If Notre Dame beats Ohio State in the National Championship on Monday night, Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman will be the first Black head coach to win the National Championship at college football’s highest level.

Black college football coaches share what it means to see a Black coach contend for the national title for the first time.

Either Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman, left, or Penn State head coach James Franklin, posing with the Orange Bowl trophy on Wednesday in Dania Beach, Fla., will make history by reaching the College Football Playoff championship game. It’s taken 17 years, but college football is finally having its Super Bowl 41 moment.

In line with the 12-team playoff's historic nature, the CFP semifinals feature a matchup that will guarantee more history in the national championship game.

On Thursday's edition of ESPN's " College GameDay ," analyst Desmond Howard reacted to the historic feat. "I remember sitting there with my children and I'm saying, 'You know what this means, right?'" Howard said. " They were like, 'We're going to have a Black coach in the national championship game for the first time ever.'"

Local observers tout the impact of the first Black/Asian American coach to reach the national champs. Coach Freeman points attention back to his team.

Notre Dame’s Marcus Freeman or Penn State’s James Franklin will become the first Black coach to lead a team into the national title game at college football’s highest level.

It was Tony Dungy’s Indianapolis Colts against Lovie Smith ... in the Orange Bowl at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, it will be a College Football Playoff semifinal matchup that features two Black head coaches. The winner, in turn, will be the first Black coach ...

The former Buccaneers and Colts coach lowered the boom on a fan who shared a common complaint about the Chiefs.

With Ohio State winning the national championship over Notre Dame on Monday night, it’s now time to focus on the 12-team playoff for next season. In today’s Tuesdays With Gorney, Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney takes his shot to seed the 12 teams that will fill the College Football Playoff bracket next season.

Following a 34-23 victory for the Ohio State Buckeyes in the national title game of the College Football Playoff, head coach Ryan Day spoke with the media. Day was asked to review the first-ever 12-team College Football Playoff after he led Ohio State to a national championship over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.