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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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…
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Notre Dame Basketball Knocks Off #14 Florida State: Highlights
Notre Dame snapped a four game losing streak earlier this week with a win on Wake Forest. Saturday night the Irish made it back to back wins with…
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The State of Notre Dame Football: Q&A with Blue & Gold Illustrated
With Signing Day all wrapped up and weeks until spring football, we’ve hit one of the dreaded lull periods on the football calendar. This year, however, there has…
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Notre Dame Basketball Ends Skid, Tops Wake Forest: The Highlights
Notre Dame ended their four game losing streak on Tuesday night with a much needed home win over Wake Forest. Despite trailing at half-time, Notre Dame rallied in…
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Notre Dame LB David Adams Senior Year Highlights
National Signing Day was less than a week ago and while Notre Dame is already in full on class of 2018 mode, there’s a still a lot of…
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Recapping A Wildly Successful Notre Dame Signing Day
Signing Day has been more of a time cringe than a time to celebrate for Notre Dame fans over the last few years. Last year the Irish missed…
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Watch Jeremiah Owusu Interrupt Brian Kelly’s Presser to Commit to Notre Dame
Notre Dame staged some theatrics on Wednesday during Brian Kelly’s annual Signing Day Press Conference. Jeremiah Owusu, a hybrid safety/linebacker called head coach Brian Kelly to let the…
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Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah Signs with Notre Dame!
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly pulled off some theatrics at his Signing Day Press Conference Wednesday. Kelly’s phone rang as he addressed the media and the head…
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Notre Dame Gets a Pass Rusher: Kofi Wardlow Signs with Irish!
National Signing Day started off on a sour note for Notre Dame with cornerback Russ Yeast sticking with his Louisville commitment, but the Irish have since landed three…
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DE Recruit Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa Signs with Notre Dame!
Notre Dame is officially one for two on National Signing Day 2017. The Irish added defensive lineman Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa Wednesday afternoon when the Hawaiian native signed with Notre…
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Avery Davis: Notre Dame’s Most Important Offensive Recruit in ’17
Notre Dame is in the process of signing some serious offensive talent in the class of 2017. All American Brock Wright is already on campus. Fellow All American…
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Harry Hiestand Strikes Again: Notre Dame Lands Another Stellar OL Class
Harry Hiestand isn’t going to jump into any pools to win a recruit over. He isn’t going to have a sleepover at a recruits house. And he isn’t…
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Notre Dame Starts NSD on Sour Note, Russ Yeast Signs with Louisvillle
The faxes machines are still warming up around the country on National Signing Day 2017, but the Irish have already lost one of the few battles there were…
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Jalen Harris Sticks with Arizona, Notre Dame Down to 4
Earlier today we posted the remaining big board for Notre Dame featuring five prospects. Tonight we’re down to the final four after defensive end recruit Jalen Harris decided…
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2017 Notre Dame Football Recruiting Commitment List
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Notre Dame Football Recruiting: Who’s Left on Notre Dame’s Board?
Notre Dame lost two players on its recruiting board on Monday after gaining two new commitments on Sunday night. With Signing Day 24 hours away, Notre Dame is…
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Notre Dame Basketball Drops 3rd in Row, Loses to Duke: The Highlights
Notre Dame spotted Duke an early lead on Monday and was never able to fully recover. The Irish feel behind early and trailed by 12 at the half…
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Jalen Harris Has Great Notre Dame Visit, Decision Today?
Notre Dame desperately wants to add a pass rusher to this year’s class and their last chance to do so could be Jalen Harris. The Arizona native and…
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Jafar Armstrong Gives Notre Dame an Upgrade
When Notre Dame lost five players from the class of 2017 over the course of the season and into the off-season, a round of late offers went flying…
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Perfect Fit: Jordan Genmark Heath Commits to Notre Dame
After a month of decommits and dwindling recruiting class rankings, Notre Dame desperately needed some good news on the recruiting front with less than a week until Signing…
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Notre Dame Basketball Falls to UVA Again: The Highlights
Notre Dame came up short against a ranked opponent again on Tuesday night dropping a lopsided contest to #12 Virginia 71-54 at Purcell Pavilion. The #14 Fighting Irish were…
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Notre Dame Cooks’d Again: Tre Norwood to Oklahoma
Former Notre Dame assistant coach Kerry Cooks strikes again. Tre Norwood was considered one of the best bets for Notre Dame among last weekend’s five official visitors who…
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Notre Dame Recruits on their 1/20 Weekend Visits
We’ve already posted about the recruiting visit of 3-star safety Evan Fields earlier today, but as we wait for more news on this weekend’s official visitors, here’s a…
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Looks Like Evan Fields Enjoyed His Notre Dame Recruiting Visit
Notre Dame is wrapping up one of the most important recruiting weekends in this recruiting cycle this morning. As we all wait for any official news on commitments…
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Notre Dame Basketball Blows Out Syracuse: The Highlights
Notre Dame rebounded nicely from their first conference loss of the season on Saturday afternoon with a 84-66 victory over Syracuse in front of a home crowd at…
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Previewing Notre Dame Recruiting’s YUGE 1/20 Weekend
With National Signing Day less than two weeks away, Notre Dame is charging towards the finish line with a lot of open spots available and a lot of…
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Notre Dame Basketball Report: Irish Jump to 15th in Rankings
Another promising week of consistency for the Notre Dame men’s basketball team resulted in their elevation to the 15th spot in both the AP and Coaches’ polls. The…
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Notre Dame Recruiting: ’17 Big Board Remaining Wide Receivers
National Signing Day 2017 is just around the corner and the newly overhauled Notre Dame coaching staff has been hitting the road and turning over every leaf to…
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Notre Dame Basketball Takes Out Virginia Tech: The Highlights
Notre Dame stayed perfect in conference play Saturday afternoon with a 76-71 victory over Virginia Tech that pushed the Irish into first place as the league’s lone unbeaten…
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Notre Dame Still Perfect in ACC with Win over Miami: The Highlights
Notre Dame kept their record in ACC play unblemished on Thursday night in Miami with a 67-62 win over the Hurricanes. The Irish overcame a sluggish start to…