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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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…
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Notes from the 2010 Blue/Gold Game
Here are some notes and observations from this year’s Blue/Gold game. Tai-ler Jones is going to be a great player. Jones looked as good as any wide receiver…
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The Shirt 2010 Unveiled
This year’s version of The Shirt was unveiled Friday night. Here’s a look at this year’s version. The front features a nice, simple layout with “We Are the…
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Eric Olsen, Sam Young Picked in 6th Round
Notre Dame had two more players drafted during the final day of the 2010 NFL Draft on Saturday with both Eric Olsen and Sam Young getting selected in…
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Golden Tate Headed to Seattle
Golden Tate will start his NFL career playing for the same coach that roamed the sidelines of Notre Dame’s biggest rival over the course of his Notre Dame…
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Clausen Taken 48th By Carolina
Jimmy Clausen’s draft slide has finally come to an end. The Carolina Panthers, making their first pick of the draft, secured potentially one of the biggest steals of…
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Jimmy Clausen Falls Out of 1st Round
Many people had been predicting a Brady Quinn-like draft day tumble for Jimmy Clausen for weeks now. Turns out those people were wrong – his fall is worse. …
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2010 Notre Dame Draft Preview
The NFL Draft kicks off later tonight with the first round being broadcast in prime time for the first time ever. Here’s a preview of where some former…
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Notre Dame Draft Busts & Steals Revisited
Last year I did a couple of posts with the greatest Notre Dame Draft Steals and Busts and with the NFL Draft just days away, I figured I…
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Irish Need More Time at Wide Receiver
Heading into the spring everyone knew that there would be a lot of competition at wide receiver with the loss of Golden Tate to the NFL and the…
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Kyle Brindza Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame picked up a surprise commitment over the weekend in the form of kicker/punter Kyle Brindza. The commitment came as a surprise because not much had been…
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New Rule Doesn’t Take Away Fun But…
The NCAA passed a few new rules this week – one of which is pretty good and another which is opens a can of worms that is very…
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Trevor Robinson Working at Tackle
Before spring practice started, one of the position changes that seemed likely under the new coaching regime was rising junior Trevor Robinson moving from guard to tackle. As…
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Clausen On the Cover of ESPN Mag
Former Irish and soon to be NFL quarterback Jimmy Clausen was featured on this week’s issue of ESPN the Magazine with an interesting look. Clausen graces both the…
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Jordan Prestwood Commits to Notre Dame
Brian Kelly picked up the second commitment for his first full class at Notre Dame on Monday when highly touted offensive tackle Jordan Prestwood selected the Irish from…
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McNabb Trade Could Cost Clausen Millions
Former Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen saw his draft stock potentially tumble on Sunday through no fault of his own. When the Washington Redskins pulled off the blockbuster…
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Tate Would Do It All Over
Golden Tate is a few weeks away from being a high NFL Draft pick and starting the next phase of his career. If he had to go back…
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Manti and Who In the Middle?
With Brian Smith moving back to outside linebacker and Manti Te’o taking over as one of the inside linebackers in Bob Diaco’s 3-4 defense, an opening exists at…
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Five Fighting For Two at OLB
As Notre Dame begins the first spring practice in the Brian Kelly Era, the one position where we might see the fiercest competition is at outside linebacker where…
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Brian Smith Back Where He Started
Entering his final season at Notre Dame, senior Brian Smith will be changing positions for the third time. This time, however, Smith is moving back to the position…
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Q&A with former Notre Dame WR Golden Tate
I was lucky enough to sit down with Golden Tate for a few minutes on Friday thanks to the kind folks over at Steiner Sports. I’ll have a…
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Spring Storylines for Notre Dame in 2010
There isn’t a lack of story lines for the Irish heading into spring ball this year. Here’s a quick look at a few of the major ones facing…
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12 Players to Watch This Spring
Notre Dame kicks off the first spring practice under head coach Brian Kelly on Friday. While the excitement level isn’t quite where it was at after the last…
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Brad Carrico ND’s First 2011 Commit
Notre Dame picked up its first commitment for the Class of 2011 over the weekend when defensive end Brad Carrico pledged to Brian Kelly and the Irish coaching…
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Notre Dame and Michigan Under the Lights in ‘11
Michigan announced last week that the 2011 Notre Dame-Michigan game will be a night game. At most schools this wouldn’t be a major announcement. At Michigan though, the…
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Mike Holmgren Isn’t That Into Jimmy Clausen
When the Cleveland Browns traded former Notre Dame star quarterback Brady Quinn last week, there was some speculation that the move meant the Browns were looking at drafting…
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Notre Dame Marches In As A 6 Seed
Notre Dame’s late season surge and brief run in the Big East Tournament this past weekend paid off for the Irish. Considered to not even be on the…
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Brady Quinn Headed to Denver
Former Notre Dame star Brady Quinn’s NFL career took it’s first major turn on Sunday when he was traded to the Denver Broncos after spending his first three…
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Theo Riddick Moving to Wide Receiver
It was bound to happen. Players move positions every time there is a coaching change. We got a glimpse of this on Tuesday with a report that rising…
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An Inside Look at the New Strength Program
The Notre Dame video department produced a video last week showcasing the new strength and conditioning program under the guidance of Paul Longo. The video showcases some of…