It’s no secret Freeman is a handsome guy, along with being a successful coach who led his team to the national championship game in his third year at the helm. Earlier this season, USA TODAY Sports described him as “widely considered the most handsome coach in a profession of people who perpetually look like they need more sleep”.

Notre Dame football coach Marcus Freeman felt more comfortable talking about the national championship his players have a chance to win Monday night than the history attached to it if they pull it off.

The star of college football’s title game doesn’t want the spotlight, even with the Irish chasing their first national championship in a generation.

Marcus Freeman's Notre Dame Fighting Irish play the Ohio State Buckeyes in the national championship Monday. Here are five facts.

Here's a look back at Marcus Freeman's playing career at Ohio State as he leads Notre Dame into the CFP championship game on Monday vs. the Buckeyes:

Three years after Brian Kelly left for LSU, Notre Dame is in the national championship game. Here's why the players think Marcus Freeman got them this far.

Somewhere on the field Monday evening inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Ohio State linebackers coach James Laurinaitis will roam the field, searching for a fellow Buckeye legend. He'll shake his best friend's hand,

Since losing his first three games at the helm, Marcus Freeman’s Notre Dame football teams have improved each season.

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

Against Ohio State, Marcus Freeman can become the fifth Notre Dame coach to win a national championship in his third season at the helm