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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Evander Holyfield Wanted Son to Go to Notre Dame
Evander Holyfield, the subject of one of the best 30 for 30 ESPN Films on Tuesday night, told ESPN that he wanted his son Elijah, a 4-star running…
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Notre Dame Improves to #4 in Playoff Rankings
After Oklahoma State’s impressive win over TCU this past weekend, many speculated that the Cowboys would jump all the way to 4th in the College Football Playoff rankings…
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Josh Adams, Notre Dame’s Latest Next Man In
When CJ Prosise went down with an injury last weekend, all freshman Josh Adams did was step in and nearly break a Notre Dame freshman record.
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Notre Dame Improves to 6th in AP, Coaches Polls
Following their 42-30 win over Pitt on the road this weekend, Notre Dame moved up to 6th in both the AP & Coaches Polls.
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#5 Notre Dame v. Pitt ’15: Highlights
Notre Dame traveled to Pittsburgh and took on a Panther team that has given them a lot of trouble in the past. On this day, however, the outcome…
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CJ Prosise Injury Update: Return Next Week Likely?
As Brian Kelly walked off the field at Heinz Field following his team’s 42-30 victory over Pitt, ABC/ESPN’s Todd McShay asked the Notre Dame head coach about the status…
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CJ Prosise Injured vs. Pitt Game, Status in Doubt
Notre Dame has been able to survive a litany of injuries so far in 2015 and it looks like the Irish may have to employ the “next man…
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Gameday: Notre Dame Too Talented for Pitt
Earlier this morning on ESPN College Gameday the crew said that Notre Dame is simply too talented for Pitt this weekend. Even Desmond Howard said that “Notre Dame…
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Notre Dame @ Pittsburgh ’15: Keys to Victory
In looking back in our archives this week I came across an old column outlining the keys to victory for Notre Dame that I had forgotten I used…
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Jerome Bettis, Uber Driver
Notre Dame legend and recent Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Jerome Bettis has apparently found a new profession in retirement as an Uber drive. Why isn’t my…
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Greg Bryant’s Career Takes Another Odd Turn
Greg Bryant surprised many and thrilled even more when he committed to Notre Dame in December of 2012 in the midst of Notre Dame’s run to the 2013…
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Notre Dame Ranked 5th in First 2015 Playoff Rankings
When the first College Football Playoff Rankings were released on Tuesday night, Notre Dame and its fans were pleasantly surprised with the results. The one loss Fighting Irish…
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Jaylon Smith Semifinalist for Butkus, Bednarik Awards
Notre Dame junior linebacker Jaylon Smith has made the first round of cuts for two of the most prestigious defensive player awards on Monday when he was named…
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Notre Dame Jumps Stanford in AP Poll
While many Notre Dame fans weren’t too impressed with the Irish’s four point road victory over then #22 ranked Temple, the AP voters apparently were – or at…
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Terrible Targeting Call on Elijah Shumate Costly
Notre Dame is no stranger to questionable targeting penalties on road games that proved costly and Saturday night was another instance following Elijah Shumate’s 4th quarter targeting penalty.…
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Brian Kelly Explains Sideline Outburst with Assistant Coach
Explosive plays were hard for Notre Dame to come by on the field on Saturday, but that didn’t stop the Irish having some on the sidelines. Midway through…
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Notre Dame’s Recent ESPN College Gameday History
The first road show for ESPN’s now flagship college football program “Gameday” was the campus of the University of Notre Dame for the 1993 epic showdown between #1…
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ESPN Gameday Coming to Temple v. Notre Dame
The ESPN College Gameday crew will be making their 2nd ever trip to the City of Brotherly love this weekend for one of the most surprising showdowns of…
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Notre Dame Back in Coaches Poll Top 10
Notre Dame’s win over USC last night combined with a handful of higher ranked teams falling this weekend has propelled the Irish back into the top 10 of…
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Notre Dame Special Teams The Difference Over USC
Notre Dame special teams have lone been a major point of contention for Irish fans on forums and blogs across the internet for years, but on Saturday night,…
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Stage is Set for Notre Dame, Will They Seize It?
The stage is set this weekend for Notre Dame to make a statement over one of their rivals, a rival that embarrassed them a year ago with the…
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Sheldon Day Emerging as Notre Dame’s Defensive Leader
Sheldon Day has been a captain for Notre Dame for the past two seasons now, but it hasn’t been until the last few weeks that Notre Dame’s stout…
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Donte Vaughn Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame picked up another big commitment for the class of 2016 on Monday when 4-star cornerback Donte Vaughn selected the Irish on his birthday. In this case,…
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Deshone Kizer Continues to Grow as Notre Dame’s QB
There's a laundry list of reasons why Notre Dame lost to Clemson this past weekend. The play of redshirt freshman quarterback Deshone Kizer isn't one of them.
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Brian Kelly Wraps up Notre Dame’s Loss to Clemson
Brian Kelly met with the media on Sunday less than 24 hours after his team suffered it's first loss of the 2015 season on the road at the…
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Notre Dame’s Early Schedule Casts Doubt
College football schedules are an inexact science to the least. On paper, Notre Dame’s September schedule looked like a gauntlet when it was originally put together. Texas, Virginia,…
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Friday Morning Notre Dame – Clemson Weather Update
With Hurricane Joaquin barreling its way to east coast, Clemson officials have their eye on the storm and as of Friday morning, the game is still scheduled to…
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Autry Denson Still Working Magic for Notre Dame
When Autry Denson returned to his alma mater to coach the running backs, he had a loaded depth chart. Things changed in a hurry but the Irish ground…
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Freshman Help Power Notre Dame in UMass Blowout
While Notre Dame was busy racking up the most point, most yards, and most rushing yards in the Brian Kelly Era on Saturday afternoon in their 62-27 blowout…
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Notre Dame v. UMass: Shamrock Stickers
Notre Dame overcame a sluggish start on Saturday to cruise to an easy 62-27 victory over UMass in the Minutemen’s first ever visit to Notre Dame Stadium for…
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Notre Dame Football v. UMass Highlights
After a bit of slow start, Notre Dame ended up blowing out Umass on Saturday afternoon in the first ever meeting of the two schools powered by a…
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Notre Dame – Texas Highlights
Missed any of Notre Dame’s 38-3 shellacking of Texas last night? If so, first off, we offer our deepest condolences because last night’s viewing was a masterpiece from Brian…
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Tarean Folston Injury: Out for 2015 Notre Dame Season
Brian Kelly confirmed what looked painfully obvious to everyone watching the Notre Dame - Texas game at home on television - Tarean Folston has been lost for the…
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Notre Dame vs. Texas: Shamrock Stickers
Notre Dame’s 2015 season got off to a roaring start Saturday night under the bright lights of Notre Dame Stadium with a Texas sized whipping of the Longhorns.…
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Notre Dame Football Returns Tomorrow!
The long national nightmare known as summer is officially over so stop pretending you are working today. No one actually is. It’s a long weekend. It’s the eve…
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Notre Dame vs. Texas Primer
The folks at WatchND are at it again. They just produced a killer primer for this weekend's season opener against Texas. Watch this and try not to get…
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Notre Dame Football Built to Win in 2015
Every college football team is optimistic at this time of the year. Everyone is 0-0. It’s an even slate. By next Tuesday though, half the teams in the…
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Shamrock Stickers – Notre Dame Camp Edition ’15
A look at some Notre Dame football players who had impressing training camps in 2015 to set themselves up for big seasons for the Irish.
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Notre Dame Football Showtime Series Trailer Released
The first installment of Notre Dame football’s behind the scenes reality TV show has been released with the first episode a little over a week away from premiering.…
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Ishaq Williams Won’t Play for Notre Dame in ’15
It had long been speculated that a return to the Notre Dame football team was unlikely for Ishaq Williams following his involvement in last summer’s academic scandal. Thursday…
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Notre Dame Stadium is Getting a Jumbotron
Ever since the Campus Crossroads project was announced in the spring of 2013, speculation ran wild that the addition of a jumbotron to Notre Dame Stadium would be…
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Keivarae Russell To Work at Nickel in Spots
When Shaun Crawford went down with a torn ACL earlier this week, one of the few starting positions that was up for grabs this summer was reopened.
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Shaun Crawford Injury Update: Torn ACL
Notre Dame suffered its second season ending injury in as many weeks on Wednesday when true freshman cornerback Shaun Crawford reportedly suffered a torn ACL that will sideline…
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Notre Dame’s Frosh Receivers Impressing Early
Notre Dame already featured a deep and talented wide receiving corps heading into the 2015 season, but the freshman quartet have elevated the group.
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Jarron Jones Injury Update: Out for 2015 Notre Dame Season
Notre Dame suffered its first major loss for the 2015 season on Saturday when Brian Kelly confirmed that Jarron Jones was out for the year.
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Kolin Hill Transferring from Notre Dame
Notre Dame’s depth for the 2015 season took another hit late Wednesday night when news began to surface that backup defensive end Kolin Hill has asked for, and…
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Notre Dame on 2015 Sports Illustrated Preview Cover
The hype for the 2015 Notre Dame Fighting Irish has officially begun to build. Sports Illustrated released its season preview on Wednesday and ranked the Irish as the…
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Greg Bryant Suspended for 2015 Notre Dame Season
Just one day after we published an article outlining a “Now or Never” season for junior running back Greg Bryant, news broke that the Florida native was suspended for…
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Ishaq Williams Readmitted to Notre Dame
Over the weekend we learned that Keivarae Russell was back with Notre Dame, but that had long been expected. On Monday we learned that a bit more surprisingly,…
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Malik Zaire Era Begins at Notre Dame
The Malik Zaire Era will officially begin on September 5th when Texas comes to town, but the junior now starting quarterback for the Irish already has a highlight…