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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Dan Wenger’s Career in Jeopardy
Senior center Dan Wenger’s career is in jeopardy after the Florida native suffered a second concussion in three weeks during practice on Tuesday. “Dan and I had a…
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Kelly Clipboard – Michigan Week
Brian Kelly met with the media on Tuesday to discuss this weekend’s match-up with rival Michigan. Here are some notes about what Kelly had to say. On if…
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Looks Like These Guys Like Their New Coach
I could be wrong, but it looks like the Irish players are liking their new coach. Here’s some video from inside the Notre Dame locker room courtesy of…
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Crist Solid In Starting Debut
Dayne Crist was more solid than spectacular in his starting debut this weekend, but the former five star recruit gave a few glimpses of the potential that made…
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Purdue at Notre Dame Highlights
In case you missed yesterday’s season opener against Purdue, here are some highlights from the game courtesy of NBC Sports Breaking sports news video. MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL…
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Initial Impressions – Notre Dame 23, Purdue 12
The Brian Kelly Era started off on the right foot with an 11 point victory over instate rival Purdue Saturday afternoon. Many positives can be taken away from…
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The Indispensables – 2010 Edition
This week’s Irish Blog Gathering got me thinking about who would be the toughest players on the Irish roster to replace if they were to go down to…
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First Depth Chart Released
The first depth chart of the season was released by Notre Dame Monday and there are a few surprises in the two deep heading into this weekend’s season…
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IBG – Let’s Get This Party Started Edition
The long off-season is almost over and in just a few short days we will get our first glimpse of the 2010 Fighting Irish and the Brian Kelly…
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An Update on Position Battles
Here’s a quick update on some position battles that have been going on through camp that are still going on. Kelly said the battle for the backup QB…
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NBC To Adjust TV Timeouts
On Tuesday Brian Kelly told the media that he and AD Jack Swarbrick had talked to NBC about its TV timeouts in relation to Notre Dame’s fast paced…
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Ara Parseghian Addresses Team
Notre Dame had a few famous visitors at practice on Thursday, but perhaps none more famous than two time national championship winning former head coach Ara Parseghian. Ara…
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Training Camp ’10 – Shembo, Walls, Martin, & Slaughter Videos
Here are some more videos posted on YouTube from training camp this time featuring freshman Prince Shembo, senior Darrin Walls, junior Jamoris Slaughter, and defensive backs coach Chuck…
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Mike Ragone Released from Hospital
Senior tight end Mike Ragone was released from the hospital on Thursday after spending the night due to heat illness suffered after Notre Dame’s first day in full…
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Early Impressions of the ’10 Freshmen
It’s tough to determine which freshman are going to see the field before the pads go on, but so far a few freshman have caught the eye of…
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Training Camp ’10 – Hughes, Wood, Riddick, & Smith Videos
Here are some more videos posted on YouTube from training camp. Cierre Wood wants the ball. It also sounds like Wood is being prepared for a large role…
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EJ Banks Not Currently With Team
Sophomore EJ Banks is still enrolled at Notre Dame, but is not currently with the team according to Notre Dame Sports Information Director Brain Hardin. Privacy laws prevent…
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Kelly’s Clipboard – Notes from 8/9
Head coach Brian Kelly spoke with the media after Monday’s practice. Here are some highlights from what he had to say. Duval Kamara was back at practice on…
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Tide Turning in USC Rivlary?
After eight straight losses, most of the lopsided variety, it would take even the most optimistic Notre Dame fan to suggest that the tide is turning already in…
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Breaking Down the ’10 Depth Chart – Offense
The first official depth chart of the 2010 season was released on Friday. There weren’t a lot of surprises, but we’ll take a look at both sides of…
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Training Camp ’10 – Day 3 Videos
Here’s a quick roundup of a lot of the videos that have been posted by some Notre Dame sites over the last few days. Brian Kelly talking about…
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Now Or Never Players for ’10
Every year there are a few players heading into their final year or two of eligibility who came in with a lot of hype but have yet to…
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Kelly, Notre Dame Kick Off Fall Camp
Notre Dame officially kicked off fall camp on Saturday with it’s first practice. A day earlier though Brian Kelly spoke with the media about the upcoming season –…
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Notre Dame and Texas Matchups in the Works
A week after the dates were announced for the long talked about Notre Dame-Miami series, Notre Dame fans got more good scheduling news with rumors of an upcoming…
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NBC Hires Mike Mayock As Haden’s Replacement
NBC announced that NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock will be replacing Pat Haden in the booth as the color commentator for Notre Dame home games. The hiring…
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Notre Dame Picks Up Four
It might be the dog days of July, but Brian Kelly and staff are recruiting like its the first week of February with National Signing Day right around…
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Dates Released for Notre Dame-Miami Series
The Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday that Notre Dame and Miami will officially renew one of the 1980’s best intersectional rivalries with a three games series taking place in…
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Pat Haden Out of NBC Booth, In as USC AD
Mike Garrett’s post sanctions tenure didn’t last long at USC with Tuesday’s announcement that former NBC Notre Dame color commentator Pat Haden would be taking over as the…
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Ranking Irish – The Top 5
The Notre Dame blogger player rankings for 25 conclude today with the top 5. Before we started, let’s get this out of the way. The previous sets of…
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Notre Dame to Play Temple in 2013-14?
According to a report on Philly.com, Notre Dame and Temple and in negotiations that would result in a home and home series between the Irish and Owls in…
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Ranking the Irish – #10-6
Our road to Notre Dame’s top player for 2010 continues today continues with the players ranked 10-6. First off, check out everyone’s rankings over at Inside the Irish…
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Continuing the Countdown – Players #15-11
The countdown towards Notre Dame’s top player continues today with the latest set of Notre Dame blogger player rankings. As I’ve done the past couple days, I’ll post…
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Ranking the Irish – #20-16
Last night I posted the first in a series of posts outlining the top 25 players on the Notre Dame roster for 2010. The series is being compiled…
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Ranking the Irish – Notre Dame’s Top 25 Players
When ESPN released it’s list of Top 5 Notre Dame players last week it got the Irish blogosphere talking. In response, NBC’s Keith Arnold enlisted the help of…
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ESPN Picks Notre Dame’s Top 5
ESPN’s Brian Bennett published a list of Notre Dame’s top 5 players for the 2010 season on Thursday and the list is a little interesting. Here’s how Bennett…
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A Look Back – Charlie Weis’s First Season
With the season quickly approaching and the dawn of a new coaching regime on the horizon, we are going to look back at some recent first seasons from…
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USC Releases Henderson from LOI
USC hasn’t experienced quite the max exodus that some expected when sanctions were imposed on them by the NCAA last month, but Tuesday they suffered their biggest loss…
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Here Come the Irish 2010
This year’s edition of Here Come the Irish is hitting newsstands in early July and once again delivers the best Notre Dame season preview on the market. I…
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Some Recruiting Catch-up
A lot has happened in the world of Notre Dame recruiting over the last 10 days. Unfortunately I picked a really bad time to get pretty busy and…
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Thank You Texas
The University of Texas announced on Monday that they would be staying in the Big 12 after flirting with leaving the conference for the Pac 10 last week. …
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Big 12 Making Last Stand
ESPN reported on Sunday that the Big 12 is making a final stand by trying to convince Texas and other schools looking to leave the conference to stay…
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Dominoes Begin to Fall, Notre Dame Not Affected… Yet
The dominoes have begun to fall in the seismic shift in the conference landscape of college football many have been predicting for months, but so far none of…
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Freshman Numbers Assigned
The numbers for the incoming freshman class have been assigned by Notre Dame. Here’s a quick look at the history behind each number for the Notre Dame Class…
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NCAA Drops the Hammer on USC
After years of investigating alleged major violations that took place at USC under Pete Carroll, the NCAA announced Wednesday that the alleged violations were indeed real violations serious…
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Notre Dame, Boston College Extend Series
The Notre Dame – Boston College series was set to expire after the 2010 season before the two agreed to the extend the series until 2019 according to…
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Mike Ragone Charged with Pot Possession
Notre Dame senior to be Mike Ragone was charged with a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession after a weekend arrest following a tragic stop on Route 80 a…
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Don’t Act Like You’re Not Impressed
New head coach Brian Kelly hasn’t even reached the May evaluation period in his first year in South Bend yet he and his staff have already collected nine…
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Notre Dame Adds Matthew Hegarty
The Brian Kelly recruiting train is picking up steam with Notre Dame receiving its fifth verbal commitment of the week and ninth overall on Wednesday in the form…
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Irish Pick Up 5-Star TE Ben Koyack
Brian Kelly picked up the first 5-star recruit recruit of his Notre Dame career on Monday when tight end Ben Koyack became the 8th member of the class…
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Notre Dame Picks Up 3 Commitments
The 81st Blue-Gold game was as productive off the field as it was on the field with Notre Dame adding three members to the recruiting class of 2011…