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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What to Expect in Kevin Austin’s Return for Notre Dame This Weekend
Notre Dame is back in action on Saturday after a two-week hiatus following the outbreak of COVID-19 within the program. The Irish should have most of their roster…
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Notre Dame Football Releases Depth Chart for Florida State Game
Notre Dame returns to action this weekend after two weeks off following the COVID-19 outbreak that forced the postponement of the Wake Forest game. The Irish host a…
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Class Impact: Thomas Gives Notre Dame Gap-Closing Wide Receiver Haul
With Notre Dame’s latest commitment Friday from Jayden Thomas, Brian Kelly and his coaching staff added to what is now a talent gap-closing type of haul at the…
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Notre Dame Could Get Kevin Austin Back Next Week
As Notre Dame gets back into a somewhat normal swing of things following last week’s outbreak of COVID in the football program, the Irish got some really good…
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Notre Dame Football to Return to Practice Field Today
Just over a week after halting football activities due to an outbreak of COVID-19 within the program, Notre Dame is returning to the practice field today signaling that…
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Notre Dame Legend Breaks Down Tommy Tremble’s Savage Blocking
We might not have any football this weekend with the cold reality of what playing football in a pandemic means, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t anything Notre…
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Notre Dame Football on Clear Path to Landing Top 10 Recruiting Class
Notre Dame’s stated goal for the class of 2021 was a top 5 recruiting class. It was a change of course in Brian Kelly’s public statements regarding recruiting…
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Looking at Reschedule Options for Notre Dame – Wake Forest
Yesterday gave everyone around the Notre Dame football program a harsh dose of the reality of playing football during a pandemic. Shortly after news broke that Notre Dame…
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Breaking: Notre Dame – Wake Forest Game Postponed Due to COVID-19 Test Results
Welp, that didn’t take long. SHortly after learning that Notre Dame was forced to cancel today’s practice, the University announced that this weekend’s game with Wake Forest has…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Laugher vs. South Florida
Notre Dame beat up on South Florida over the weekend to the tune of a 52-0 game that wasn’t even as close as the score indicated. Games like…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Shutout of South Florida
Any time you win a football game 52-0, there is going to be a lot to like. I don’t care who the opponent is. On Saturday the Irish…
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From Scout Team to Game Ball: Notre Dame’s Jack Kiser Had a Week
On Monday, Notre Dame sophomore linebacker Jack Kiser was on the Scout team for the Fighting Irish. By Saturday evening, Kiser made his first career start, led the…
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Watch: Brian Kelly Implores Notre Dame to Wear Masks, Keep Guard Up After Several Players Unavailable
Notre Dame shut out South Florida yesterday with a dominating defensive effort and a power running game. They had to do so, however, with several key players missing…
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Highlights From Notre Dame’s Bulldozing Win Over South Florida
Notre Dame put a good old fashion butt whoopin’ on South Florida today. The Irish dominated in every phase of the game on their way to a 52-0…
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Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Shutout of South Florida
Notre Dame was back in action today down several key players that they weren’t expecting to be without. The losses didn’t seem to impact the Irish, however, as…
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Avery Davis Warming Up as Notre Dame’s #3 QB Today
Among the eight players that Notre Dame announced were out – most of which unexpectedly – for this afternoon’s contest with South Florida, one was backup quarterback Brendon…
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Breaking: Notre Dame Football Will be Without 8 Players Saturday vs. South Florida
Just 90 minutes before kickoff of today’s Notre Dame – South Florida contest, Notre Dame’s PR department announced that the Irish would be without eight different players, including…
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Watch Brian Kelly Breakdown Kyren Williams’s Big Week 1 Touchdown
It’s not often a typical Notre Dame gets to see what it is like in the film room with Notre Dame coaches. Fans can get a small window…
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Get Ready for Gameday with This Week’s Notre Dame Hype Video
Brian Kelly talking about improvement and playing for a championship is the backdrop for this week’s hype video from the dynamite crew at Watch ND. The Fighting Irish…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: Notre Dame Looking to Exorcise Demons vs. South Florida
Notre Dame is back in action this weekend for their second game of the season and their first and only non-conference game of the year. South Florida with…
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Notre Dame’s Kevin Austin Could Be Back on Practice Field Soon
Brian Kelly gave Notre Dame fans a bit of good injury news on Thursday when he said that Kevin Austin could be back on the practice field shortly.…
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Notre Dame Was Wise to Extend Brian Kelly Now
Tucked into the broadcast of Notre Dame’s week one victory over Duke was the announcement that Notre Dame extended Brian Kelly’s contract through 2024. It was a rather…
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Notre Dame – Duke Scored Ratings Win for NBC
Notre Dame’s first game of 2020 was a win for the Irish in the ACC Standings and NBC in the ratings. On Tuesday, the network announced that ratings…
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We Got a Glimpse of Notre Dame’s ‘Baby Gronk’ And Want More
While Notre Dame’s offense didn’t look like a well-oiled machine last weekend in the season opener against Duke, there were still plenty of positives from the Irish’s first…
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Notre Dame Football Injury Updates: Hamilton, Lenzy, & Skowronek
Brian Kelly provided injury updates on a trio of Notre Dame starters who all miss either all or part of Saturday’s win over Duke – Braden Lenzy, Kyle…
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5 Things I Didn’t Like in Notre Dame’s Victory Over Duke
There was a lot to like in Notre Dame’s first game of the 2020 season like the fact that there was even a game. Programs like Michigan still…
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5 Things I Liked in Notre Dame’s Sloppier Than Normal Season Opener
Notre Dame kicked off the 2020 season over the weekend with an effort that looked every bit the part of an opening weekend game. There was rust –…
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Notre Dame RB Kyren Williams Grabbed the Attention of Prominent NFL Draft Expert
A couple weeks ago the big news for Notre Dame football was the emergence of Kyren Williams at running back. After saving a year of eligibility last fall,…
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Braden Lenzy Reportedly Slowed by Hamstring Injury Yesterday
Chatter around Braden Lenzy began on Saturday during pre-game warmups when Notre Dame’s new #0 was not seen on the field with the rest of the team. He…
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Highlights from Notre Dame’s 27-13 Victory Over Duke to Start 2020
It wasn’t always pretty, but it was football none the less and right now can any of us ask for anything more? Well, Michigan fans can, but that’s…
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Immediate Overreactions from Notre Dame’s Season-Opening Win Over Duke
Notre Dame played an actual game of football today. It felt almost surreal given everything that has happened since Notre Dame last played in December, but the Irish…
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Notre Dame Appears to Have Dodged a Bullet with Kyle Hamilton Injury
It looked bad on the field when Kyle Hamilton got rolled into on a third quarter fumble recovery, but it appears as though Notre Dame dodged a bullet…
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ESPN Thanks Notre Dame On Behalf of the Rest of College Football
It is quite something to see ESPN thanking Notre Dame for joining the ACC and potentially being the lynchpin for the conference continuing its plans to play football…
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2020 Notre Dame Football Roster
Get ready for the 2020 Notre Dame football season opener with the official 2020 roster. All heights. weights and numbers have been updated to reflect the official roster…
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Frankie V’s Prediction: We’ve Actually Have Notre Dame Football Again
You guys, we did it. We made it to football. Four months ago, I never thought I’d be writing a prediction post at this point, but here we…
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Notre Dame Releases Excellent Hype Video For Season Opener
We are less than 24 hours from a season opener that for a long time felt like it wouldn’t happen, but here we are. Notre Dame is set…
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Brian Kelly Defines Hybrid Role for Notre Dame LB/RB Osita Ekwonu
A couple of weeks ago, one of the few roster developments we had this summer was the moving of sophomore Ositas Ekwonu and wide receiver Kendall Abdur-Rahim to…
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Notre Dame Trending for Deion Colzie as Former Commit Announces New Commitment Date?
When Notre Dame lost Deion Colzie’s commitment in March, it was the first of a few major hits to the class of 2021 – most of which were…
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Brian Kelly Compares Notre Dame Frosh CB to 2012 Starter
One of the big surprises from Monday’s release of the first Notre Dame depth chart for the 2020 season was the appearance of true freshman Clarence Lewis listed…
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Notre Dame Football’s Top 25 Players for 2020
We’re a little late this year, but we did rank the top 25 players on Notre Dame’s roster again this year before the start of the season. Unlike…
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Notre Dame Names 5 Captains for 2020 Football Season
With just a few days before the 2020 season kicks off against Duke inside Notre Dame Stadium, the Fighting Irish officially announced their captains for the 2020 season.…
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Jordan Genmark-Heath Leaving Crowded Notre Dame LB Corps Highlights Position’s Depth
One of the big surprises from yesterday’s depth chart reveal from Brian Kelly and Notre Dame came at the BUCK position where junior Shayne Simon won the job…
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Notre Dame Football Depth Chart: Week 1 vs. Duke
We have officially reached game week for the first time in 2020 and with that comes the first official depth chart of the season. Notre Dame released their…
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You Can Add Lee Corso to the Notre Dame Football Bandwagon, Too
Last week we learned that Urban Meyer is “all in on the Notre Dame bandwagon”. Over the weekend, we learned that it looks like ESPN’s Lee Corso is…
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Notre Dame Posts Encouraging COVID-19 Numbers A Week Out of Opener
At this time next week, Notre Dame will have already completed their first game of the 2020 season. As they make their final preparations, Notre Dame shared some…
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Could General Public Be Allowed in Notre Dame Stadium for Season Finale?
When Notre Dame announced their plans for attendance and capacity of Notre Dame Stadium last month, they said that attendance would be limited to students, faculty, staff, and…
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Notre Dame Football’s Social Media Really Leaning Into ACC Membership
The 2020 football season is truly one like no other Notre Dame or anyone else will likely ever see again. Limited fans, fake crowd noise, entire conferences sitting…
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Just 2 Notre Dame Football Players Make Pre-Season All-ACC Team
Notre Dame’s one year foray into membership of the ACC for football means that the Irish are not only eligible for the ACC’s bowl and playoff tie-ins, but…
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Urban Meyer is All-In on the Notre Dame Bandwagon
Finally. It only took 16 years for Urban Meyer to be fully on board the Notre Dame bandwagon, but that is what he said on Wednesday on the…
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Notre Dame Moves Pair of Sophomores to Running Back
When Brian Kelly met with the media on Tuesday, he acknowledged that the Irish coaching staff has a good feel for what their two-deeps as the Irish have…