Frank Vitovitch
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Frank Vitovitch
Frank Vitovitch has been Co-Owner and Editor in Chief of UHND.com since joining forces with Kyle Flavin in 1999. Since that time, he has written over 2,000 articles covering Notre Dame football, recruiting, and basketball. He also works with all staff and external writers on all articles published on UHND.com.
Frank's love for Notre Dame football started at a young age watching Rocket Ismail give opposing coaches ulcers in the late 1980's. By day Frank works in marketing and holds a degree in Digital Media from Drexel University.
Frank's work has been cited by online/print editions of NBC Sports, ESPN, and Sports Illustrated and has been quoted on air by ESPN's Collin Cowherd. He's conducted interviews with Notre Dame legends Rocket Ismail, Randy Kinder, Lee Becton, Reggie Brooks, Michael Stonebreaker, and Ned Bolcar among others over his 20+ years of covering Notre Dame football. He's also been published in the print edition of USA Today Sports Weekly and the USA Today College Football Preview multiple times.
Other Published Works/Citations for Frank
Three Reasons Notre Dame Will Beat Alabama - USA Today
Notre Dame Suspends WR Kevin Stepherson, RB C.J. Holmes Indefinitely - Bleacher Report
Notre Dame / Ohio State Fiesta Bowl Preview - Eleven Warriors
Brace Yourself: The Fighting Irish are Relevant Again - Sports on Earth
Interviews with the Enemy: A Q&A with Frank Vitovitch of UHND - Yahoo! Sports
Five Good Minutes: Notre Dame Football Preview With UHND.com - BC Interruption
Vicious Electronic Questioning with UHND - MGO Blog
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Report: Notre Dame Already Lands Replacement for John McNulty
Notre Dame’s opening for a tight end coach was not open very long. Just two days after John McNulty left Notre Dame to become the offensive coordinator at…
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Renowned TE Coach Interested in Notre Dame Opening?
According to long-time recruiting analyst Tom Lemming, one of the top tight end coaches in the country is interested in the opening at Notre Dame following John McNulty’s…
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Notre Dame Reportedly Adds Another Outstanding Assistant to Staff in Deland McCullough
Notre Dame’s coaching staff took a hit on Monday when Boston College hired Irish TE coach John McNulty their next offensive coordinator, but they ended the night adding…
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Hit & Hustle: Notre Dame Defensive Breakdown + DC Talk
Jamie and Greg are back talking about the Notre Dame defense in 2021, what went right, what went wrong, the personnel, and where the defensive coordinator search seems…
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How Fun was Notre Dame Football in 2021? The Data May Surprise You
When we asked for questions for this week’s podcast, our friend Ryan, aka @ndtex, who is enjoying Notre Dame blogging retired life from Her Loyal Sons, shared a…
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Hit & Hustle: Notre Dame Football Coaching Changes & WR Recruiting
Marcus Freeman has made some crucial hires, but two more crucial hires remain for the Notre Dame program following Lance Taylor’s departure last week. Jamie Uyeyama and Greg…
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Podcast: Has Notre Dame Upgraded It’s Coaching Staff So Far and How Do They Finish It Off?
Frank and Greg are back this week to talk through the latest developments with the Notre Dame coaching staff as Marcus Freeman works on finishing off his first…
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Late ’22 Notre Dame WR Target Commits to Oregon
Two days after opening up his recruitment and decommitting from Utah, 3-star WR Justius Lowe closed his recruiting again by committing to Oregon. Notre Dame offered the late-rising…
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Culture Notre Dame Players Fought to Save Evident in 5th Year/NFL Decisions
When Marcus Freeman was named the head coach for the University of Notre Dame in December, a lot was made about the players’ support not just for Freeman…
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Late ’22 Notre Dame WR Target Officially Opens Up Recruitment
Notre Dame is still looking to fill out a wide receiver left decimated depth-wise by former wide receiver coach Del Alexander. On Sunday, one of their top targets,…
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Like DL, Open Notre Dame RB Coach Position Should Be Attractive Opening
Notre Dame wasted little time adding a top-notch replacement for former defensive line coach Mike Elston on Sunday with the addition of Al Washington. The only problem for…
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Notre Dame, Freeman Nails Another Hire with Al Washington
Marcus Freeman has now added four assistant coaches to his first official staff at Notre Dame – even if none have been officially announced – and on Sunday,…
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Podcast: Breaking Down Notre Dame Football’s Wild Off-Season
It’s been a wild news cycle for Notre Dame football since the lads last spoke. Greg and I break down all of the good and bad that’s happened…
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Hit & Hustle | Notre Dame Football WR Lorenzo Styles Film Review
Jamie Uyeyama and Greg Flammang take a look at Notre Dame receiver Lorenzo Styles’ freshman season. Notre Dame fans should be very, very excited about the future of…
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Notre Dame Reportedly Tabs Up and Coming WR Coach to Rebuild Irish WR Room
Notre Dame reportedly has its next wide receiver coach. According to a report last night from The Athletic’s Pete Sampson, Notre Dame is set to hire Baylor Wide…
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Numbers Settling, But Questions Remain at Linebacker for Notre Dame
The flurry of news related to the 2022 Notre Dame football roster didn’t stop on Monday, with a pair of linebackers making their decisions for the coming season…
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Jarrett Patterson’s Return to Notre Dame Sets Irish Up for Elite OL in 2022
The good news on the re-recruitment front for Notre Dame continued on Sunday when starting center Jarrett Patterson announced his return for his senior season. With his return,…
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BOOM! Freeman Lands Biggest Recruit to Date: Isaiah Foskey Returning
Marcus Freeman has already won some impressive recruiting battles in his year with Notre Dame, but on Saturday, a year to the day of news breaking that would…
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Hit & Hustle | Analysis of Brandon Joseph and Harry Hiestand to Notre Dame
In the latest episode of Hit & Hustle, Jamie Uyeyama and Greg Flammang break down Notre Dame’s newest addition in All-American safety and Harry Hiestand’s return to coach…
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Highlights of New Notre Dame Safety Brandon Joseph
Notre Dame added a new transfer on Saturday when former Northwestern safety Brandon Joseph committed to Notre Dame. The former Wildcat was a 2020 unanimous All-American as he…
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Notre Dame Lands Huge Commit from All-American Transfer Brandon Joseph
On Saturday, Notre Dame added a huge piece to its secondary for potentially the next few years when Northwestern safety transfer committed to Notre Dame and Marcus Freeman.…
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And Another One: Safety DJ Coming Back to Notre Dame for 5th Year
Friday morning Notre Dame learned that defensive tackle Jayson Ademilola was returning for a 5th year. Friday night, the Irish learned that another key defender from the 2021…
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Another Home Run: Notre Dame Reportedly Set to Bring Back Harry Hiestand as OL Coach
According to numerous reports, Notre Dame is set to bring back Harry Hiestand as offensive line coach to replace Jeff Quinn, who was one of two coaches not…
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Notre Dame Twinning Its Re-Recruitments: Jayson Ademilola Returning Too
Jayson Ademilola will join his twin brother Justin for one more season together at Notre Dame after announcing his decision to return for one will season with the…
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Hit & Hustle | Notre Dame-Oklahoma State Fiesta Bowl Film Breakdown
Jamie Uyeyama and Greg Flammang breakdown down the Fiesta Bowl – where things went wrong, a missed call that went against Notre Dame that helped swing momentum, what…
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Notre Dame Zeroing In On All-American Safety Transfer Brandon Joseph
Notre Dame’s secondary is getting an infusion of talent with the class of 2022 and the commits in the class of 2023 but needs some more immediate help…
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Justin Ademilola’s Return Bolsters Notre Dame Pass Rush for 2022
Notre Dame got the first of hopefully three defensive linemen to announce their intentions to return to Notre Dame rather than pursuing the NFL this off-season on Wednesday…
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2022 Notre Dame Football Scholarship Chart
While news continues to break on who will and won’t be returning in 2022, the 85 scholarship limit comes into play again for Notre Dame – and everyone…
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Notre Dame Reportedly Makes Home Run Hire with Brian Mason as STC
Notre Dame has ripped another coach off the Cincinnati Bearcat coaching tree, and it’s another outstanding hire. According to Pete Thamel, Notre Dame and Brian Mason have agreed…
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2022 Notre Dame Off-Season Roster Movement Tracker
After putting the finishing touches on that post last night about all of the roster movement and subsequently realizing I had forgotten about a few mid-season transfers, I…
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Recapping Day 2 of Notre Dame’s 2022 Off-Season Roster Rollercoaster
On Sunday, we learned that wide receiver Braden Lenzy and tight end George Takacs planned on returning to Notre Dame in 2022 while wide receiver Kevin Austin was…
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NFL Analyst Calls Notre Dame’s Tommy Rees a Top-5 NFL QB Developer
On Monday night, NFL analyst Dan Orlovsky, who just did the color commentary for Notre Dame’s Fiesta Bowl loss to Oklahoma State, had some high praise for Notre…
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5 Things Liked: Notre Dame’s Youth on Offense Shines in Fiesta Bowl
For 29 minutes on Saturday, it looked like there would be a storybook start to the beginning of the Marcus Freeman Era. Instead, the following 31 minutes turned…
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Podcast: Breaking Down Notre Dame’s Fiesta Bowl Collapse And Looking Ahead to 2022
The Fiesta Bowl was a whole lot of fun for about 29 minutes and then turned into a disaster for Notre Dame and Marcus Freeman. The Irish were…
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Austin Out, Lenzy Returning: Notre Dame WR Room for 2022 Taking Shape
On Sunday, Notre Dame got some good news and some not-so-good news on the recruitment front from a pair of wide receivers. First, the Irish learned that speedster…
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(Not So) Immediate Overreactions: Notre Dame’s Fiesta Bowl Collapse Will Linger
The stupid major bowl losing streak looked like it was finally going to end. Notre Dame played a near-perfect 29 minutes to start the Fiesta Bowl only to…
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Hit & Hustle: Notre Dame Commit Peyton Bowen Commit Film Breakdown
Despite a rough loss on the field on Saturday, the Irish did win a huge recruiting battle off the field when top-50 caliber safety Peyton Bowen committed to…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Will Notre Dame Finally Snap its Major Bowl Losing Streak Today?
Notre Dame returns to action for what feels like the first time in about five years, even though it’s only been five weeks. Under the guidance of Marcus…
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Notre Dame CB Cam Hart Will be Ready for Fiesta Bowl
Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman announced today that cornerback Cam Hart suffered a thigh bruise in practice earlier this week, but the rising star will be ready…
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It’s Time Notre Dame Ends This Stupid Major Bowl Losing Streak
Every Notre Dame fan knows about the streak. Every Notre Dame fan is tired of hearing about the streak. Notre Dame players and coaches are probably tired of…
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Notre Dame Releases Awesome Video Game Themed Hype Video for Fiesta Bowl
The Fighting Irish Media team released a ton of amazing behind-the-scenes footage of the start of the Marcus Freeman earlier this month. They ended the month with a…
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Podcast: E43: Burning Questions as Notre Dame Prepares for the Fiesta Bowl Answered
Greg and I got together to podcast and a Q&A session broke out thanks to our wonderful listeners. We dove into a number of questions regarding the Fiesta…
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Notre Dame’s Midseason OL Reconfiguration Led to Second Half Surge, NY6 Bowl Appearance
There are a few truths in football that are universally accepted. One of those is that the team that wins in the trenches will likely win on the…
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Notre Dame CB Cam Hart Reportedly Limited in Practice
Notre Dame is already down three starts for Saturday’s Fiesta Bowl – Josh Lugg (RT), Kyren Williams (RB), Kyle Hamilton (S). It sounds as though there’s a chance…
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Notre Dame Fiesta Bowl Depth Chart
There weren’t a whole lot of changes to the Notre Dame football depth chart throughout the 2021 season. Heading into the Fiesta Bowl though injuries and some movement…
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(Late) Christmas Wish List for Notre Dame Football
Christmas came and went last week, and I’ve had this column in my drafts for a little, so I figured I’d post it anyway. The time for giving…
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Lugg Out, Blake Fisher Starting for Notre Dame in Fiesta Bowl
Notre Dame is down another starter for the Fiesta Bowl against Oklahoma State on Saturday, but they’ll also be getting a surprise starter back in his place. New…
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Podcast: Notre Dame is Set at Quarterback in 2022, Assistant Coach Talk, Christmas Movies, and More
I recorded solo this week since my and Greg’s schedules didn’t work out, but there was still plenty to talk about in the world of Notre Dame football.…
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Hit & Hustle | Notre Dame Fiesta Bowl Prep: Oklahoma State Defense
Jamie Uyeyama and Greg Flammang dive into Oklahoma State’s defense on the latest episode of Hit & Hustle.
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Inside Look at Marcus Freeman’s Practices at Notre Dame
There have already been a few changes to practice schedules at Notre Dame under Marcus Freeman. Each practice starts off with some sort of offense vs. defense competition…