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’s James Onwualu Could Have Surprisingly Long NFL Career
All eyes were on Deshone Kizer yesterday when representatives from 27 NFL teams descended upon Notre Dame for the annual Pro Day – and he did well enough…
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Notre Dame’s Deshone Kizer Talks Improvements, Brandon Wimbush
Deshone Kizer thanked former teammates for coming out to catch passes from him, but he still had a group that didn’t really help him display his skills. Accuracy…
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Deshone Kizer Flashes Improvement at Notre Dame Pro Day. Was it Enough?
Deshone Kizer is jockeying for draft positioning with Mitch Trubisky of North Carolina and Deshaun Watson of Clemson right now. On Thursday he did himself some good by…
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Elijah Taylor Injury Bigger Loss Than most Notre Dame Fans Realize
Notre Dame suffered its first casualty of the spring before its first full contact practice. Brian Kelly announced Wednesday that junior defensive tackle Elijah Taylor was lost for…
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Notre Dame Pro Day Looms for Deshone Kizer, 7 Others
Following a disappointing performance at last month’s NFL Combine where he didn’t do much to help his draft stock, former Notre Dame quarterback Deshone Kizer will have one…
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Will Brandon Wimbush’s Work with Whitfield Pay Off? Why it Matters
Notre Dame students returned to campus from Spring Break 2017 earlier this week and the football team returns to the practice field on Wednesday. Starting quarterback Brandon Wimbush…
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Notre Dame’s Big Buck Hunters: Tevon Coney vs. Greer Martini
Notre Dame’s defensive transformation is about to kick into full gear when the Irish return to practice on Wednesday after a twelve day layoff between practices two and…
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Notre Dame Pressed Out of Tournament Early by West Virginia
In a matchup of opposing forces, one team imposed their will on the other and forced them to play out of their comfort zone for 40 minutes. Unfortunately…
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R-E-L-A-X: Close 1st Round Calls Are Nothing New for Notre Dame
Notre Dame fans weren’t too thrilled that Thursday’s 1st round win over Princeton came down to the buzzer and nearly ended the Irish’s pursuit of a third straight…
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Of Course CBS Ranks Notre Dame as Tournament’s Best #5 Seed
CBS ranked the best team and each seed for this year’s NCAA Tournament and surprise, surprise they have Notre Dame as the Tourney’s best #5 seed. They don’t…
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Is Kevin Stepherson Notre Dame’s Next Will Fuller?
In 2014 then sophomore Will Fuller took a meteoric leap for Notre Dame and became a dynamic, big play, down-the-field wide receiver for the Irish seemingly overnight between…
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2017 Notre Dame Football Spring Depth Chart
Notre Dame hasn’t come close to publishing an official depth chart for 2017 just a couple practices into spring, so consider this depth chart a best guess/work in…
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2017 Notre Dame Football Spring Roster
Notre Dame kicked off spring practice for 2017 on March 9th with their first of 15 practices. Below is the official roster for spring ball with official heights…
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Notre Dame Basketball Used to Being Disrespected, Won’t Slow Them
When the brackets were released on Sunday, the Notre Dame men’s basketball program had to be a little disappointed in their 5th seeding after the season they had,…
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Notre Dame Screwed by Selection Committee, Joke’s on Them
Notre Dame plays in the toughest conference in America, won 25 games this year, and took #2 seed Duke down to the wire last night in the ACC…
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Notre Dame Goes Cold, Falls to Duke in ACC Tourney Title
Temperatures in Brooklyn on Saturday night were hovering in the 20’s. The only thing colder than the temps outside the doors of the Barclays Center was Notre Dame’s…
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Notre Dame v. Duke: 2017 ACC Championship Game Preview
Notre Dame is set to square off with the Duke Blue Devils in the 2017 ACC Tournament Championship – their second trip to the ACC title game in…
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Notre Dame Basketball Highlights: ACC Tourney Semifinal Win!!
Notre Dame is headed to their second ACC Tournament Championship in the three years after last night’s surprisingly easy win over Florida State at the Barclays Center. Relive…
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Notre Dame Edges Florida State, Advances to ACC Tourney Final!
Notre Dame advanced to its second ACC Tournament Championship game in three years on Friday night by winning their rubber match with Florida State 77-73 at the Barclays…
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Nick Watkins Return A Huge Boost for Notre Dame Secondary
Notre Dame senior cornerback Nick Watkins was ready to step into the starting line up last year after a trial by fire in the 2016 Fiesta Bowl loss…
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Notre Dame Commit Jayson Ademilola New Jersey’s #1 Recruit
One of Notre Dame’s earliest commitments for the class of 2018, Jayson Ademilola, earned the distinction of being named the #1 recruit in the state of New Jersey…
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Notre Dame Basketball Solves UVA Riddle, Advances in ACC Tourney
Notre Dame had not beaten Virginia since 1981 heading into the ACC Tournament causing some consternation among Irish fans when it was likely the two would cross paths…
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Dramatic Video from Notre Dame Spring Football ’17 Day 1
Brace yourself. Dramatic practice videos are coming! It’s that time of year when we all watch two minutes of highly edited, over dramatic practice videos and parse every…
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10 Redshirts to Watch During Notre Dame Spring Practice ’17
Spring football has officially started at Notre Dame. Brian Kelly got things rolling yesterday with his kick-off presser and today the Irish held their first official spring practice as…
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Notre Dame NT Daniel Cage Cleared for Spring Football
When Brian Kelly addressed the media on Tuesday to kick-off Spring Practice for 2017, Notre Dame’s defensive line got a boost when Kelly stated that nose tackle Daniel…
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Notre Dame Spring Practice 2017 Full Practice Schedule Announced
Notre Dame’s 2017 spring practice kicks off on Wednesday with the first of 15 practices for the Irish. Notre Dame released their full practice schedule on Monday. Notre…
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Deshone Kizer Had A Disappointing NFL Combine, Will Stock Drop?
Deshone Kizer started his performance that the NFL Combine by nailing the interview portion as pretty much everyone expected the poised and polished speaking former Notre Dame QB…
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Clemson DT Transfer Scott Pagano Visiting Notre Dame This Weekend
Notre Dame might not be hosting a huge recruiting weekend for the class of 2018 as they did a few backs that ended up netting four commitments, but…
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Analyzing Notre Dame’s 2018/19 Schedules for Possible Shamrock Series
When Notre Dame announced their official schedules for the 2017-2019 seasons on Thursday, they stated that the Shamrock Series could be returning after a one year hiatus this…
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Vanderbilt Added to Notre Dame’s 2018 Football Schedule
Prior to Thursday, Notre Dame had an open date on its 2018 schedule. With announcement of the 2017-2019 schedules from the University, however, that open date is no…
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Odd Start Time for Notre Dame – Miami (Ohio) ’17 Announced
One of the stranger aspects of the release of the Notre Dame football schedules for 2017-2019 on Thursday was the start time for this year’s home game against…
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Notre Dame Will Face USC & Georgia in Prime-Time in 2017
Notre Dame released the official schedules for the 2017-2019 seasons on Thursday (we’ll get all three added to the main nav over the weekend) and the Irish will…
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VJ Beachem Shines, Notre Dame Beats BC on Senior Day
Notre Dame continued their winning ways on Wednesday night as the Irish sent their seniors off in style and sent the Boston College Eagles home with their wings…
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2017 Notre Dame Blue Gold Game Details Announced
The 2017 Notre Dame football Blue & Gold spring game will be April 22 at 12:30 PM ET according to an official release from the University on Wednesday. The…
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8 Notre Dame Players Needing to Crush Spring Ball
With the rapid pace at which Notre Dame football news has been occurring, it’s been a bit overlooked that spring football is just over a week away. Finally,…
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Backing Off Malik Vann Could Backfire on Notre Dame
The Notre Dame recruiting train has been barreling down the tracks the last few weeks with five new commitments – all of which have been from four star…
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Notre Dame Basketball Report: Irish Moving Back Up the Polls
Having virtually the entire week off, the Notre Dame men’s basketball game was refreshed enough on Sunday night to knock off the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 64-60, which…
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Notre Dame Commitment Files: Braden Lenzy JR Film Review
Notre Dame added it’s 11th commitment for the class of 2018 on Wednesday in the form of 4-star wide receiver/cornerback Braden Lenzy. The Oregon native was recruited on…
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Early Returns on Mike Elko’s Recruiting Are VERY Promising for Notre Dame
There were many on the field reasons that the dismissal of Brian Vangorder in September was long overdo, but his lack of effort on the recruiting trail was…
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Notre Dame’s Ridiculous Run Continues: Braden Lenzy Commit #11!
If you thought the ridiculous run of commitments for the Notre Dame class of 2018 was about to slow down, you thought wrong. Less than a week after…
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Notre Dame Football Recruiting: Looking Back & Forward with ND Insider
Last week we had a great Q&A on Notre Dame recruiting and the state of the Irish program with Blue & Gold’s Bryan Dryskell. This week we had…
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Notre Dame Basketball Report: Irish Head Into “Bye” On a High
Last week was another successful one for the Irish men’s basketball squad, with two road victories at Boston College and North Carolina State that boosted the team’s ACC…
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Notre Dame a Finalist for Clemson DT transfer Scott Pagano
Over the weekend defensive tackle Scott Pagano announced that he would be transferring from Clemson for his final year of eligibility. At the time it was reported that…
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Notre Dame Interested Clemson DT Transfer Scott Pagano?
The Notre Dame coaching staff has been busy the last few weeks closing down the 2017 recruiting class and securing commitment after commitment for the class off 2018.…
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Micah Jones Commits, Keeps Up Notre Dame Recruiting Momentum
We’re just past the midway point of February and Notre Dame just picked up their 4th verbal commitment for the class of 2018… this week. Micah Jones jumped…
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Cole Mabry Continues Notre Dame Recruiting Momentum
If you thought the torrid pace at which the Notre Dame coaching staff closed the class of 2017 would slow down after Signing Day, you thought wrong. Notre…
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Notre Dame Basketball Starts Slow, Finishes Strong over BC: Highlights
For the better part of the first half last night it looked like Notre Dame’s recent turnaround was going to be short lived. Despite a rough start Tuesday…
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Notre Dame Basketball Report: Irish Back in Top 25!
After seeing their season on the verge of collapse, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish were able to get back on track last week with two big wins, thereby…
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Notre Dame Recruiting Keeps Rolling: 4-Star S Derrik Allen Commits!
Monday was quite the productive day on the recruiting trail for Notre Dame – especially for the second week of February. After picking up a commitment from 4-star…
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Notre Dame Football Lands 4-Star CB Kalon Gervin!
Notre Dame’s Junior Day this past weekend might have had a small list of uncommitted players, but it is already paying dividends for the Irish. Fresh off his…