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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Can Malik Zaire’s Confidence Carry Him, Notre Dame?
Malik Zaire might not have the experience of Everett Golson, but as he replaces him as Notre Dame's starting QB, but he has the confidence to excel.
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Notre Dame’s Quarterback Depth Still Strong
Worried about Notre Dame’s depth at quarterback following the departure of incumbent starter Everett Golson? Don’t be. Even with Golson deciding to transfer and in essence conceding the…
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The Courting of Everett Golson Begins
Now that former Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson is officially a free agent, the one-time Heisman candidate turned backup quarterback for the Irish has begun making the rounds…
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Post Spring Notre Dame Football Stock Report
With spring practice complete and Notre Dame ready for OTA’s, we have a somewhat better idea now of what the Irish have to work with and work on…
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Harry Hiestand Building a Legacy at Notre Dame
When Harry Hiestand was added to the Notre Dame coaching staff following the departure of Ed Warriner to Ohio State after the 2011 season, his hiring wasn’t met…
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10 Observations from the 2015 Notre Dame Blue & Gold Game
Notre Dame concluded spring practice on Saturday with the annual Blue & Gold game. While it’s tough to really draw any conclusions from a glorified scrimmage, here are…
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Liam Eichenberg Commits to Notre Dame!
The annual Blue & Gold Weekend wasn’t the banner recruiting event its been in the past due to the scaled down festivities from the construction on the Campus…
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Brian Kelly Talks 2015 Notre Dame Blue Gold Game
Brian Kelly met with the media on Saturday following the conclusion of the 2015 Notre Dame Blue and Gold Game – the 15th and final practice for the…
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2015 Notre Dame Football Blue & Gold Game Highlights
Notre Dame concluded Spring football 2015 on Saturday afternoon in front of a limited crowd due to construction forcing the annual Blue Gold game out of Notre Dame…
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4-Star DE Julian Okwara Commits to Notre Dame!
Notre Dame picked up its fifth commitment in the class of 2016 (full Notre Dame commitment list) on Tuesday when Julian Okwara, the brother of current defensive end…
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2015 Notre Dame Blue Gold Game: Players to Watch
With the end of Notre Dame's 2015 spring footballdrawing near, here's a look at some players to watch for this weekend as the Irish close out spring ball.
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Jullian Okwara Now Announcing Tomorrow
Yesterday Julian Okwara announced that he would be announcing his college intentions on April 30. Just a little over 24 hours later he pushed that timeframe quite a…
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Julian Okwara Announcement Coming in April
Just yesterday we posted that 4-star defensive end Julian Okwara, brother of current Notre Dame rising senior Romeo Okwara, cut his list of schools to five. It didn’t…
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Notre Dame’s Joe Schmidt Cleared for Non-Contact Drills
Notre Dame got a bit of a boost to its suddenly deep linebacking corps on Saturday when Brian Kelly announced that Joe Schmidt has been cleared for non-contact…
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Brian Kelly Notre Dame Spring ’15 Presser Notes 4/11
Brian Kelly met with the media following practice #11 for Notre Dame spring football 2015. The WatchND team has the entire video for your viewing pleasure, but in…
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Notre Dame Recruiting Update: Irish in Julian Okwara’s Top 5
Julian Okwara, the brother of current rising senior defensive end Romeo Okwara, has trimmed his college choices to five schools and Notre Dame has made the cut along…
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Amir Carlisle Impressing This Spring, Again
Of all the weapons Notre Dame has at wide receiver this year, a 5th year senior with just 30 catches the last two seasons is rising up.
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Future of Ishaq Williams at Notre Dame Remains Uncertain
When Brian Kelly opened spring practice last month he didn’t have much of an update on the future of would be senior defensive Ishaq Williams. Three weeks later,…
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No Notre Dame Quarterback Decision Until Summer
In one of the least surprising statements Brian Kelly has made all spring, the Notre Dame head coach announced on Wednesday that there will be no decision on…
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Is Nyles Morgan Ready to Breakout for Notre Dame?
Nyles Morgan was widely projected to be an impact freshman before ever stepping foot on campus last summer, but it took injuries to thrust the Scout 5-star linebacker…
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Light Turning on for Max Redfield?
If Max Redfield can have a Harrison Smith-like turnaround to his career in 2015, the Notre Dame defense should be able to make some huge strides.
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A Percy Harvin Role for CJ Prosise?
One of the lesser talked about storylines of the spring that could have a big impact for the Irish this fall is the role of CJ Prosise in…
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Notre Dame Football Spring ’15 – Practice 9 Video
Notre Dame held its 9th spring practice for 2015 on Wednesday with the Irish set to take a week off of practice for Easter break. The WatchND crew…
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Hype Building for Notre Dame’s Jerry Tillery
When people learned that Jerry Tillery would be starting his collegiate career on the defensive side of the ball, some pundits scoffed that it was a gimmick by…
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2015 Notre Dame Football Spring Game to Air on NBCSN
There haven’t been too many details on the 2015 Notre Dame Blue and Gold Game other than it would be somewhere on campus until Monday when the University…
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Jerian Grant Named 1st Team AP, NBCA All American
Notre Dame men’s basketball season ended in heartbreak on Saturday when Jerian Grant’s desperation three missed the mark as time expired, but Jerian Grant’s post-season started off with a…
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David Put His Hand in the Bag and Took Out a Stone…
Tip-off for Notre Dame’s first Elite 8 game in 36 years is now just hours away. The Irish aren’t being given much of a chance but as I…
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I Think You’ll Find It’s The Exact Same Measurements As Our Gym in South Bend
Notre Dame faces a supposedly impossible task this evening when they square off the #1 seeded and undefeated Kentucky Wildcats. No one is giving the Irish much of…
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Brian Kelly Notre Dame Spring ’15 Presser Notes 3/24
Brian Kelly addressed the media on Wednesday following Notre Dame’s latest practice. Here’s the full video of his presser from the fine team at WatchND along with some…
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Notre Dame Basketball Not Getting Much Respect
As Notre Dame makes its final preparations for their first Sweet 16 appearance in 12 years, the Irish aren't getting a whole lot of love from most publications.
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Notre Dame’s 1973 National Championship
1972 had ended dismally. USC had thrashed our Fighting Irish 45-23. Anthony Davis, the first player who appeared in a Nike ad, scored six touchdowns to key the…
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RB Tony Jones Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame’s junior weekend has been paying off dividends and it’s not even officially over yet. On Sunday Notre Dame picked up its third commitment of the week…
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Notre Dame Shows True Grit in NCAA OT Win Over Butler
Notre Dame had to go to overtime to win their 3rd round battle against Butler in the NCAA Tournament. Listen to head coach Mike Brey, Jerian Grant and…
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Notre Dame Practices About to Get Physical
The pads haven't come on just yet for Notre Dame during spring practice this year, but once they do, practices are going to get physical - possibly more…
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Notre Dame Survives, Beats Northeastern to Advance
The third seeded Fighting Irish needed every second of their second round match up against 13th seeded Northeastern to advance to the round of 32 on Thursday night.…
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Notre Dame Spring ’15 Roster Updated
As part of our new redesign, we said that data would be much easier for us to update and keep up to date and we weren’t lying. Our…
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Jeff Quinn Joins Notre Dame Coaching Staff
Before the dust settled on what turned out to be the biggest shakeup of the Notre Dame coaching staff under Brian Kelly, rumors swirled that former University of…
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Brian Kelly Spring Kick-Off Presser ’15 Recap
Brian Kelly opened up spring football 2015 on Tuesday with his introductory press conference giving a state of the union of sorts as Notre Dame starts one of…
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CJ Prosise Cross-Training at RB for Notre Dame
With Notre Dame entering spring football this year with just two scholarship running backs, one of the biggest question marks surrounding the Irish offense was who would carry…
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Return of Ishaq Williams to Notre Dame in Doubt
While Notre Dame got some very encouraging news on Tuesday that Jarrett Grace would be returning to the playing field after a long absence following his recovery from…
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Notre Dame’s Jarrett Grace Cleared for Spring Football
After a long and grueling recovery from a broken fibula and tibia, Notre Dame 5th year senior linebacker Jarrett Grace has been cleared for spring ball.
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Ball State Added to 2018 Notre Dame Football Schedule
While Notre Dame is just hours away now from kicking off Spring Football 2015, athletic director Jack Swarbrick is busy locking down opponents for future Notre Dame schedules.…
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UHND Launches Redesign for 2015 Season
We at UHND are very happy to roll out the first major redesign of the website since 2009 today with our brand spanking new, fully responsive website! What…
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Can Junior Achievement Lead Notre Dame in 2015?
On the heels of back to back 5-loss seasons, Notre Dame is at the very early stages of a pivotal off-season with spring practice about just a week away from…
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Matt Hegarty Transferring from Notre Dame for 5th Year
Matt Hegarty will be transferring from Notre Dame for his 5th year after the coaching staff asked him to change positions this off-season.
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Recruiting Assignments for New Notre Dame Staff
With all of the shakeup of the Notre Dame coaching staff, there were plenty of changes to the recruiting responsibilities of the Irish staff.
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New Notre Dame Coaching Staff Brian Kelly’s Best?
Brian Kelly lost his best two recruiters this off-season, but when all of the dust settled he put together possibly the best staff he's ever had at Notre…
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Where’s the Rush for Notre Dame Football?
Lost in the sea of injuries and big plays surrendered by the Notre Dame defense in the second half of the season, was the lack of pass rush…
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2015 Notre Dame Blue Gold Game & Spring Football Dates
Notre Dame officially announced the dates for both the start of Spring Football 2015 and the 2015 Notre Dame Blue - Gold Game this week.
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Torii Hunter Jr To Play Baseball for Notre Dame
The Notre Dame football team has another potential two-sport star on its hands after announcing on Friday that wide receiver Torii hunter, Jr will be playing baseball for…