Marcus Freeman's parents Chong and Michael Freeman are a major part of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish coach's success. Marcus has leaned on his diverse upbringing with a Korean mother and African ...

Freeman is the son of Michael and Chong Freeman. Freeman’s father is Black while his mother is of South Korean descent. When he was hired at Notre Dame in December 2021, Freeman became just the ...

In a post shared on Instagram via ESPN, Freeman credited his mother, Chong, and father, Mike Freeman Sr., for instilling the values that guide his life and career today. Chong, originally from ...

Those are memories that will last forever." The Fighting Irish coach is the second-born of his father, Michael Freeman, and his mother, Chong Freeman who is from South Korea. His mother met his ...

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman and his wife, Joanna Freeman, have a love story that dates back Marcus’ time as a star linebacker at The Ohio State University ...

Especially where Freeman's Asian American heritage is concerned, Freeman, whose mother Chong is Korean, is an outlier. According to Raj Kuchadkar, executive director of the National Coalition of ...

In the 1970s, he was stationed at Osan Air Base in South Korea, where he met Freeman's mother, Chong, a native of Daegu City, South Korea. They married in 1977 and later moved to Texas in 1979 ...