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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Notre Dame Football Doesn’t Need a Transfer Portal QB Again This Year
Notre Dame had some success dipping into the transfer portal at quarterback last year by adding Jack Coan – although that take will certainly touch off a Twitter…
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Hit & Hustle | Notre Dame Fiesta Bowl Prep: Oklahoma State Offense
Jamie Uyeyama and Greg Flammang take a look at the Oklahoma State offense as Notre Dame prepares for the Fiesta Bowl. IrishSportsDaily.comTwitter: @ISDUpdateInstagram: @IrishSportsDaily Presented by ESQhttps://www.esqclothing.com/
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10 Players for Marcus Freeman and Notre Dame to Re-Recruit for Returns in 2022
Notre Dame is already losing two players with eligibility to the NFL in Kyle Hamilton and Kyren Williams. Now that Marcus Freeman wrapped up what is officially his…
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Notre Dame’s Top Recruit: “Coach Kelly leaving wasn’t really a big deal for me because he didn’t recruit me that much”
The stories of Brian Kelly’s lack of involvement in recruiting at times have been coming out of the woodwork now that Bayou Brian is the head man at…
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Podcast: Breaking Down Notre Dame Football’s Best Class in Years Despite the Wide Receiver Debacle
Notre Dame signed a bonafide top-10 class with more “dudes” than the Irish usually sign for the best class in years despite a major debacle at the wide…
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Get a Behind the Scenes Look at Marcus Freeman’s Whirlwind Notre Dame Recruiting Tour
As soon as he was introduced as the head coach of Notre Dame last week, Marcus Freeman took off on a whirlwind recruiting tour aimed at shoring up…
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6 Notre Dame Signees I’m Excited to Watch Develop
On Wednesday, Notre Dame signed a top-10 class, though most of the luster from an otherwise strong class was lost on three late defections and one big swing…
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Announcement Times for Notre Dame Football’s 3 Remaining Signing Day Decisions
Tomorrow is National Signing Day, and it wouldn’t be a Signing Day without a bit of drama, right? Notre Dame is waiting on final decisions from a former…
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Hit & Hustle: Notre Dame Football Signing Day Preview – Offense
Jamie Uyeyama and Greg Flammang preview Notre Dame’s potential offensive class as the Early Signing Period begins on Wednesday. *Note: The show was recorded prior to CJ Williams…
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Podcast: Notre Dame Says Good-Bye To Kyren Williams And Kyle Hamilton
Greg is joined by his friend and USC fan Michael Muto to discuss the latest news regarding Notre Dame and USC, a little recruiting, and players opting out.…
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CJ Williams Decommit Yet Another Hit to Notre Dame Wide Receiver Room
Notre Dame’s wide receiver room underwent a war of attrition this season. Transfers, position changes, injuries. You name it; it happened to the wide receiver room at Notre…
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Marcus Freeman Puts His Miles Where His Mouth Is On First Week On Job as Notre Dame HC
When Marcus Freeman was introduced as the head football coach at Notre Dame a week ago, he emphatically said he better be the number one recruiter for every…
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Justyn Rhett Commitment Gives Notre Dame Another Elite Defender in ’23 Class
Notre Dame is set to sign its best defensive recruiting class in years next week. At the rate Marcus Freeman and the Fighting Irish are going, it won’t…
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Billy Schrauth Commits Completes Massive O-Line Haul for Notre Dame
Notre Dame won one of the most protracted back and forth recruiting battles I can ever remember since joining up with Kyle to run UHND 22 years ago…
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Notre Dame Releases Great Behind the Scenes Video of the Hiring of Marcus Freeman
The Notre Dame media team has been on fire lately and they did it again on Friday with this eight-minute video detailing the process of hiring Marcus Freeman…
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Notre Dame Well Positioned to Handle Kyren Willians, Kyle Hamilton Fiesta Bowl Opt-Outs
On Friday, Notre Dame football fans got some expected news and some unexpected news when Kyle Hamilton and Kyren Williams declared for the NFL Draft and subsequently opted…
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With Polian Gone, Notre Dame’s Hawaiian Pipeline Needs Attention
LSU officially announced hiring now-former Notre Dame special teams Brian Polian to the same position on Brian Kelly’s first staff with the Tigers. Most Notre Dame fans weren’t…
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Notre Dame Head Coaching Search Reportedly Included 3 External Candidates
According to SI’s Pat Forde, Jack Swarbrick’s swift but thorough coaching search last week that no one ever imagined he would have to conduct reportedly included at least…
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Notre Dame Releases Full 2022 Football Schedule
Notre Dame officially released the 2022 football schedule on Tuesday. The games had been set for a while, but we now have all of the dates officially set…
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Marcus Freeman Makes Clear Statement: New Attitude to Recruiting Coming to Notre Dame
Marcus Freeman didn’t take too much about X’s and O’s on Monday at his introductory press conference, but he did make it clear that he has a vision…
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Marcus Freeman: New Notre Dame HC Nailed Opening Presser by Being Himself
Notre Dame officially introduced Marcus Freeman as its new head football coach on Monday afternoon, and just as he’s won over the Notre Dame players over the last…
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Notre Dame HC Marcus Freeman on the Dan Patrick Show: “I Didn’t Want to Make the Same Mistake Twice”
New Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman continued to rounds of national radio and TV shows on Monday in advance of his official press conference later this afternoon.…
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Watch New Notre Dame Head Coach Marcus Freeman’s Intro Press Conference Today
Notre Dame will officially introduce Marcus Freeman as the new head coach of the Fighting Irish on Monday at 2:00 PM ET. The press conference will be broadcast…
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Podcast: First Impressions of Notre Dame’s Fiesta Bowl Matchup & the Opportunity for Marcus Freeman
Notre Dame is officially Fiesta Bowl-bound. Greg and Frank talk about their initial thoughts of the matchup with Oklahoma and the opportunity that Marcus Freeman has in his…
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Marcus Freeman’s Recruiting Pitch for Notre Dame Should Have Irish Fans Excited
The ESPN College Football Gameday crew interviewed Marcus Freeman for the second time in two days on Sunday after the Irish’s Fiesta Bowl berth against Oklahoma State was…
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Notre Dame Football Fiesta Bowl Bound vs. Oklahoma State
Notre Dame was eliminated from playoff contention on Saturday when the Chaos Saturday we all were hoping for never materialized. Their consolation prize is not too bad, however,…
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Two Popular NY6 Bowl Predictions for Notre Dame Emerge Following Championship Games
With Notre Dame officially eliminated from playoff contention following the results of Saturday’s championship games, the likely 5th place Irish are assured of a New Year’s 6 bowl…
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Chaos No More: Notre Dame Eliminated from Playoff Contention, Await NY6 Pairing
In a season of chaos in a week defined by it for Notre Dame football, not enough of it happened on Saturday for Notre Dame to back into…
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Notre Dame Head Coach Marcus Freeman’s Interview from ESPN College Gameday
New Notre Dame head football coach Marcus Freeman was on ESPN College Gameday on Saturday morning for his first national interview since officially being named head coach of…
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CFP Chair: Would be Surprised if Coaching Situation Impacted Notre Dame’s Final Ranking
College Football Playoff chair Gary Barta was on ESPN’s College Gameday on Saturday and confirmed what most media felt would be the case regarding Notre Dame’s evaluation and…
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What a World: Suddenly National Media is Sympathetic to Notre Dame?
It’s been a chaotic week for Notre Dame, starting with the bombshell that Brian Kelly was leaving for LSU. However, as the week winds down, perhaps the second…
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Rich Eisen: Could Notre Dame Actually Win the College Football Playoff This Season?
Rich Eisen, an admitted Notre Dame hater, pondered out loud on his show Friday whether or not the Irish could win the national championship this season. Eisen makes…
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Destination Playoffs: A Notre Dame Fan’s Guide to Championship Weekend
Notre Dame football is not playing this weekend since they already collected their 12th datapoint against FBS teams, while numerous others still have to do so this weekend…
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Notre Dame Trolls Brian Kelly with Marcus Freeman Intro Tweets
It’s safe to say that Brian Kelly probably won’t be invited back to Notre Dame for a long time (ever?). After leaving like a thief in the night…
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Podcast: Optimism, Excitement Soaring as Notre Dame Football Emerges from the Brink
The craziest week in Notre Dame football history is winding down with optimism and excitement soaring as the Irish emerged from the brink of disaster following the abrupt…
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How Brian Kelly Convincing Marcus Freeman Notre Dame Is Better than LSU Reshaped the Program
A little less than a year ago, Notre Dame and LSU were locked in a head recruiting battle, but it wasn’t for a cornerback or wide receiver or…
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Swarbrick’s Swift Action Stabilized Notre Dame Football Amid Chaos
The 2021 football season was a rollercoaster for Notre Dame. Still, the ultimate haymaker landed Monday night when Brian Kelly, the coach with the most losses in program…
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Taylor, Mickens, McNulty, O’Leary All Reportedly Staying at Notre Dame on Freeman’s Staff
At this point, we should probably start talking about who ISN’T staying at Notre Dame under new head coach Marcus Freeman because in addition to Tommy Rees and…
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Mike Elston Staying at Notre Dame Reportedly as Defensive Coordinator
One by one, Brian Kelly’s old assistant coaches are staying at Notre Dame instead of following their old boss to LSU. Defensive line coach Mike Elston reportedly ss…
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Tommy Rees Spurns Brian Kelly and LSU to Stay at Notre Dame
Brian Kelly attempted to lure Marcus Freeman and Tommy Rees with him to LSU when he left Notre Dame abruptly on Monday night. Both have rejected their old…
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Notre Dame Gets it Right: Irish To Make Marcus Freeman Next Head Coach
Notre Dame’s head coaching vacancy was not open long. Just 48 hours after news broke that Brian Kelly was running away from the challenge of taking Notre Dame…
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Tom Lemming Says Brian Kelly Liked Golfing More than Recruiting at Notre Dame
Whenever there is a coaching change, stories come out that never did while the coach was there. With Brian Kelly now out at Notre Dame after bolting for…
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Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick Meeting with Marcus Freeman Today
The Notre Dame head coaching search is heating up today with reports that Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick is meeting with Marcus Freeman instead of being in Dallas…
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Podcast: Trying to Make Sense of a Notre Dame Football Program Flipped Upside Down
A little over 24 hours after Brian Kelly flipped the program that he helped rebuild completely upside down, we recorded our thoughts on the latest podcast. It’s been…
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Notre Dame Football Coaching Searches Tend to Be Crazy
No one thought Notre Dame football would be going through a coaching change this off-season though Jack Swarbrick claims he isn’t surprised Brian Kelly left. Now that we…
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Sandbagging or Unprepared? Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick Doesn’t Give Many Answers
Was Notre Dame Athletic Jack Swarbrick sandbagging everyone this morning because he’s further along in replacing Brian Kelly than he wants to let on to, or did we…
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Brian Kelly Reportedly Abandoning Notre Dame for LSU
There are shocking news stories in sports, and then there are stories that hit you like a Mack truck out of nowhere. Tonight qualifies as the latter. According…
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5 Things I Liked: Notre Dame Ascending While Stanford Craters
Notre Dame finished off their second half of the season surge on Saturday night with a dominating 45-14 beatdown of rival Stanford. The Cardinal never tested the Irish,…
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Highlights: Notre Dame Blowouts Stanford, Caps Dominant November
Notre Dame capped off a dominant November on Saturday night with yet another blowout. While the Irish defense’s impressive touchdownless streak was halted, Notre Dame blew out rival…
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Notre Dame Football Hype Video: Stanford Game
Notre Dame closes out the regular season this evening with a visit to rival Stanford. The Irish look to add to their playoff resume with a hopefully convincing…