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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Defense Dominates as Notre Dame Wraps Spring Ball
It’s tough to glean much from any spring game. Coaches aren’t going to show much. Young players will get way more snaps than they would normally. And for…
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Louis Nix Makes Debut on Offense
As time was winding down in the 84th annual Blue-Gold game, Brian Kelly called for the “Irish Chocolate” play after CJ Prosise waltzed into the endzone untouched for…
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Brian Kelly Talks Golson’s Development, Spring Progress
Brian Kelly addressed the media on Saturday after Notre Dame’s latest practice. Here is the full video of the session along with some highlights. We also posted the…
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Notre Dame Spring Practice Update – 4/14
As Notre Dame enters the final week of spring practice for 2013, the Fighting Irish hit the practice field over the weekend. It’s still early but there is…
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Bill Belichick Talks Notre Dame Football, Manti Te’o… Sort Of
Bill Belichick is in town for the Notre Dame Coaches Clinic as a guest of Brian Kelly this week. Prior to speaking with the coaches in attendance for…
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A Look at Notre Dame’s ’13 Early Enrollees So Far
Notre Dame has five early enrollees participating in spring practice this year and so far there have been positive reviews of all five. All five, however, will likely…
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Gunner Kiel to Cincinnati, Davonte Neal to Arizona
Notre Dame has had three players decide to transfer from the University since the end of the 2012 season. On Wednesday we learned the destination of two of…
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Notre Dame Returns to Practice After Easter Break
The 2013 Fighting Irish were back on the practice field on Wednesday after returning from Easter break. The Irish are approaching the midway point of the 2013 spring…
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Spring Football ’13: 7 Intriguing Players for Notre Dame
Every spring story-lines emerge and new players step into roles they previously hadn’t held for colleges all around the country. Such is the nature of the beast in college football…
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Breaking Down Notre Dame’s Wide Receiver Depth
With the recent transfer of Davonte Neal and the injury to Amir Carlisle that cost the junior another spring practice, wide receiver depth has become a concern for…
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Not A Slot of Options for Notre Dame
Brian Kelly’s options at the slot wide receiver postion have taken a serious his so far this spring. Injuries and transfers have left Notre Dame’s head coach with…
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Brian Kelly Talks Transfers, Spring Progress
Brian Kelly met with the media on Wednesday after practice after originally not being scheduled to speak again until after the holiday. In case you haven’t noticed though,…
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Davonte Neal Transferring from Notre Dame?
The hits keep on coming for Notre Dame in the early goings of spring football 2013. A day after learning that juniors Amir Carlisle and Chase Hounshell were…
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Amir Carlisle, Chase Hounshell Injured
The first two injuries of the 2013 season are reportedly and unfortunately familiar faces for Notre Dame. According to NBC Sports’ Keith Arnold, junior running back Amir Carlisle…
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Notre Dame Picks up Commitment from Andrew Trumbetti
Notre Dame picked up its 5th commitment of the year over the weekend when New Jersey defensive end recruit Andrew Trumbetti committed to the Irish on the first…
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Coach’s Clipboard – Brian Kelly Kicks Off Spring ’13
Brian Kelly kicked off Notre Dame’s Spring Football for 2013 on Tuesday by meeting with the media. Here’s a run down of injuries, weight gains, and other news…
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Notre Dame – Louisville Dancing in NYC Again
After Notre Dame’s 73-64 victory over #12 Marquette in Madison Square Garden last night, the Irish have set up another Big East Championship semi-final match up with the…
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Gunner Kiel to transfer from Notre Dame
Multiple reports have indicated tonight that Notre Dame freshman quarterback Gunner Kiel intends to transfer from Notre Dame. Irish Sports Daily broke the story earlier tonight and the…
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Jeff Samardzija, Chicago Cubs Opening Day Starter
Former Notre Dame All-American wide receiver Jeff Samardzija’s decision to pursue a career in baseball over football continues to look like a wise decision seven years later after…
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Cierre Wood Solid, Theo Riddick Injured at NFL Combine
Former Notre Dame running back Cierre Wood didn’t wow scouts at the NFL Combine on Sunday with an eye popping 40 or any other individual drill, but he…
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Tyler Eifert, The ’13 NFL Draft’s Top Tight End
Yesterday former Notre Dame tight end Tyler Eifert tore it up at the NFL Combine. Today he has people around the league talking about him as the unquestioned…
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Tyler Eifert Impressing at the NFL Combine
It’s officially day one of drills at the NFL Combine, but former Notre Dame tight end Tyler Eifert is already impressing scouts around the league with an impressive…
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Replacing Notre Dame’s NFL Bound Talent
Eight former Notre Dame players who played significant roles in the Irish reaching the 2013 BCS Championship game are in Indianapolis this weekend for the NFL Combine. As…
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2013 Blue – Gold Game Details Announced
Notre Dame released some of the details for the 2013 Blue Gold Game set to be held in Notre Dame Stadium on April 20. Date: April 20, 2013…
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Notre Dame 2013 NFL Combine Preview
With the yearly NFL Combine coming up this weekend in Indianpolis, a handful of former Notre Dame players will be taking their first steps towards their professional football…
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Eddie Vanderdoes to Add to #3 Tradition
The #3 jersey number at Notre Dame has a special history and tradition. Some of the all time greats to ever put on the blue and gold have…
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2013 Notre Dame Decommitment Report
Now that the dust has settled on Notre Dame’s 2013 Recruiting class we are going to take a look back at how decommitments helped shaped what turned out…
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Notre Dame Wins 5 OT Thriller
Things looked pretty bleak for Notre Dame on Saturday night with less than a minute left in regulation at Purcell Pavilion in their showdown with #11 Louisville. With…
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Durham Smythe Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame hosted a huge recruiting weekend the last few days and it has already begun to pay dividends for the FIghting Irish. Notre Dame picked up a…
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Twitter Reaction from this Week’s Recruiting Visits
Notre Dame hosted several highly touted recruits in the last big recruiting weekend of this recruiting cycle the last few days. The results of this weekend will be…
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Cierre Wood Headed to NFL
Notre Dame was fortunate over the weekend when Brian Kelly decided not to move on to the NFL even though the Philadelphia Eagles were interested in his services.…
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Meet Notre Dame’s Early Enrollees for 2013
Notre Dame welcomes the latest crop of early enrollees to campus on Monday – a group that includes five recruits at five different positions from five different states.…
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Contract Extension In Works for Brian Kelly
When Brian Kelly and Notre Dame announced last night that the Philadelphia Eagles’s courtship was not enough to entice Notre Dame’s head coach to the NFL it was…
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Brian Kelly Staying at Notre Dame!
After flirting with the NFL this week, Notre Dame head coach has announced that he is staying at Notre Dame. Kelly had the following to say in an…
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Report: Brian Kelly Interviewed by Philadelphia Eagles
As soon as Black Monday came and passed in the NFL two weeks ago we wrote that Brian Kelly and the NFL speculation was inevitable. Well, the inevitable…
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6 Reasons Notre Dame Can Make Another Run in ’13
Notre Dame’s improbable ride to the national championship game ended abruptly on Monday night in Miami. Alabama left no doubt as to who was the better team and…
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Notre Dame’s Dream Season Ends in Nightmare
The 2012 season was a magical ride for Notre Dame fans featuring a trip to the BCS Championship game that no one saw coming four months ago. Last…
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Kelly, Notre Dame’s Road to Miami a Bumpy Ride
Notre Dame is set to take on Alabama tonight for the BCS Championship – the first time the Irish are playing for the national championship since 1988 –…
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Kelly’s Staff Changes Paying Dividends for Notre Dame
Between the 2010 and 2011 seasons there wasn't any turnover on the Notre Dame staff. This past off-season Kelly lost three assistant coaches. How Kelly reshuffled his coaching…
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Kelly’s Biggest Recruits Playing Final Game
When Brian Kelly was hired to replace Charlie Weis as the head coach for Notre Dame three years ago, one of the biggest concerns many Notre Dame fans…
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Jaylon Smith Stands Out at Army All American Bowl
Jaylon Smith has been described as the prize of the 2013 Notre Dame recruiting class by just about every recruiting expert there is. Saturday afternoon the Indiana native…
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Anzalone, Folston Shine in Under Armour Game
The biggest news out of Friday night's Under Armour All American Game for Notre Dame fans was the commitment of 5-star safety Max Redfield to Notre Dame, but…
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Max Redfield Commits to Notre Dame
The Notre Dame recruiting train continued to move forward on Friday with the commitment of 5-star safety Max Redfield on Friday. Redfield, a one-time USC commitment, selected Notre…
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This is Notre Dame Football
At this point I'm sure nobody needs much more to hype them up for Monday's game, but just in case - watch this.
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Brian Kelly Wins Walter Camp Coach of the Year
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly continued to collect coach of the year honors on Wednesday when he was named the Walter Camp coach of the year -…
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Notre Dame Recruiting 2012 All Star Game Preview
Most years, during the first week of January, the only game Notre Dame fans are preparing themselves for are the yearly high school All American bowls. This year?…
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Brian Kelly NFL Speculation Inevitable for Notre Dame
One of the very few downfalls of Notre Dame's 12-0 regular season and all of the attention that it's brought to the program is the inevitable Brian Kelly…
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Notre Dame Commit Torii Hunter Jr Injured
Notre Dame wide receiver commitment Torii Hunter Jr suffered a reported broken femur during practice on Tuesday for this weekend's US Army All American bowl - the first…
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Notre Dame’s Unsung Heroes of 12-0
Notre Dame has had plenty of marquee players along the way to its 12-0 regular season, but in order to pull off an undefeated regular season you need…
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UHND’s Top 12 Notre Dame Posts of 2012
As we close out 2012, we take a look back at the top stories that we've had here on UHND over the course of the last 12 months…