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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Dayne Crist Ahead of Schedule
Dayne Crist patiently waited for his turn as the starting quarterback at Notre Dame behind NFL bound Jimmy Clausen for the past two seasons. It looks like the…
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Recruiting ’11 – An Early Look at Numbers
The ink is just barely dry on the letters of intent faxed into Notre Dame yesterday, but recruiting for 2011 is already well under way. With 23 recruits…
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Class of 2010 Cliff’s Notes Edition
Notre Dame officially signed 23 recruits on Wednesday including the five early enrollees that started their Notre Dame careers last month. Here is a quick review of each…
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Where the Rest Landed
Here’s a quick recap of where the recruits that Notre Dame missed out on on Signing Day ended up. Christian Jones (OLB) – Florida State – It looked like…
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Notre Dame Lands Matt James
Offensive tackle was one of the biggest needs in the class of 2010 and on National Signing Day, Notre Dame landed one of the nation’s best when Matt…
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Notre Dame Heading Down the Home Stretch
With less than 24 hours before National Signing Day, Notre Dame is still in on several top notch recruits and could see its class improve drastically if a…
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Notre Dame Adds 4-Star ATH Danny Spond
Notre Dame added a fourth verbal commitment from this past weekend’s recruiting visits on Monday in the form of 4-star athlete Danny Spond. The Colorado native was a…
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Notre Dame Picks Up Three
The first big recruiting weekend of the Brian Kelly has come and gone and the result thus far is three commitments from three relatively new names on the…
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Big Recruiting Weekend Coming for Notre Dame
Notre Dame will host its first big recruiting weekend of the Brian Kelly era this weekend as the Irish charge towards National Signing Day looking to added more…
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Notre Dame Still Alive for Christian Jones
As recruiting reaches the home stretch this year, one of the bigger names left on the Notre Dame recruiting board is five star linebacker Christian Jones. The Florida…
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Kelly Visiting Dietrich Riley Wednesday
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly will be making one of his more important in-home recruiting visits of his early tenure at Notre Dame on Wednesday when he…
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Notre Dame Adds Training Table
While the athletic facilities at Notre Dame rank among the best in the country, there has been one component missing that almost every elite program in the country…
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Irish Add OT Tate Nichols
Notre Dame picked up another verbal commitment over the weekend when former Stanford commit Tate Nichols decommited from the Cardinal and gave his pledge to Brian Kelly and…
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Kelly Addresses Michael Floyd Situation
When Brian Kelly met with the media on Friday to officially introduce the new Irish coaching staff, he also addressed the Michael Floyd situation. While he didn’t go…
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Matt James Drops Florida
One of Notre Dame’s top remaining targets, offensive tackle Matt James, reduced his list of schools to three by eliminating Florida today with Notre Dame, Cincinnati, and Ohio…
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Seantrel Henderson Announcing on Signing Day
The nation’s #1 recruit and the top recruit left on Notre Dame’s board, Seantrel Henderson, will be announcing his college decision on Signing Day on Tom Lemming’s Signing…
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Hendrix (Back) In, Prater Out
Notre Dame received a recruiting boost on Wednesday when quarterback Andrew Hendrix recommitted to Notre Dame after taking a visit to Florida last weekend. Hendrix originally committed to…
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Four 5th Year Seniors Coming Back
According to a report from Blue and Gold Illustrated, Notre Dame will have four fifth year seniors back in 2010 with one surprise returnee. Offensive linemen Chris Stewart…
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Notre Dame Quarterback Recruiting Update
For the past few weeks the status of Notre Dame quarterback commitment Andrew Hendrix has been very much up in the air. The one time solid verbal for…
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Kelly Completes Coaching Staff
Notre Dame head coach Brian Kelly completed his first staff at Notre Dame on Tuesday with the official announcement of the additions of Kerry Cooks (outside linebackers), Tim…
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USC Getting Lane Kiffin and An All Star Supporting Cast
USC announced the hiring of Lane Kiffin as their next head coach Tuesday night just two days after Pete Carroll officially tendered his resignation. Kiffin, a former USC…
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Kelly Adds Paul Longo as Director of Strength and Conditioning
Brian Kelly and Notre Dame announced the hiring of Paul Long as the director of strength and conditioning for the Irish football program along with the addition of…
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Recruiting Highlights Assistants’ Immediate Plans
Notre Dame officially announced the hiring of three new assistant coaches to Brian Kelly’s first staff on Tuesday – Chuck Martin, Mike Elston, and Mike Denbrock. Each had…
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Denbrock, Martin, and Elston Added to Irish Staff
Notre Dame officially announced the hiring of three new assistant coaches to first year head coach Brian Kelly’s inaugural staff. Former Irish assistant Mike Denbrock (tight ends), former…
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Projecting Jimmy Clausen
With the dust settling on the hiring of Brian Kelly as the new head coach, its time to catch up on some news and events from the past…
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Brian Kelly’s Immediate To Do List
Now that Notre Dame has it’s head coach, the real work begins. Brian Kelly will be introduced as the next head coach for Notre Dame Friday afternoon and…
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Reactions to Notre Dame Hiring Brian Kelly
Notre Dame is receiving overwhelming positive press on the hiring of Brian Kelly. Kelly will officially be introduced as the Notre Dame head coach later today, but here…
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Golden Tate Wins Biletnikoff
Notre Dame junior wide receiver Golden Tate became the first Golden Domer to win the Biletnikoff Award on Thursday night winning the award over Texas’s Jordan Shipley and…
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Notre Dame Coaching Search Still Unclear
Things didn’t get any clearer on the Notre Dame coaching front on Wednesday. After reports on Tuesday that a deal with Brian Kelly was on the verge of…
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More Smoke to the Brian Kelly Fire
The supposed interview that was to take place between Notre Dame and Brian Kelly never happened Tuesday, but speculation hasn’t cooled that Kelly will be the next head…
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Report: Brian Kelly to Interview Tuesday
Notre Dame could be close to zeroing on its next head coach with reports Monday that Cincinnati head coach Brian Kelly would be interviewing for the open position…
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Clausen, Tate Heading to NFL
Notre Dame juniors Jimmy Clausen and Golden Tate announced that they will both forgo their senior seasons at Notre Dame and enter the NFL Draft in April on…
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Brown Wants Jon Gruden at Notre Dame
Notre Dame legend Tim Brown was interviewed by ESPN Radio on Wednesday to get his opinion on the open head coaching position in South Bend and the last…
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Louis Nix Commits to Notre Dame
Notre Dame received some great recruiting news on Tuesday that no one could have seen coming. Four star defensive tackle recruit Louis Nix verbally committed to Notre Dame…
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Brian Kelly Not Talking About Notre Dame… Yet
Brian Kelly’s name has been closely associated with the Notre Dame head coaching position before the position was even open. Rumors have been rampant that Kelly is one…
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Swarbrick on Firing Charlie Weis
ESPN scored an exclusive interview with Notre Dame athletic director about his decision to recommend firing Charlie Weis and the coaching search that is under way in South…
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Swarbrick Outlines What He is Looking For
Notre Dame AD Jack Swarbrick didn’t give fans and media an exact blueprint of what he is looking for in Charlie Weis’s successor, but he did give some…
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Which Irish Assistants Could be Back?
Whenever a coaching change is made, the head coach isn’t the only one who faces some uncertainty – all of his assistants are suddenly in search of a…
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Tate Still Debating NFL Decision
Golden Tate’s NFL future could be decided as early as Friday according to the star junior wide receiver on Monday. While talking about the firing of head coach…
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Rob Ianello Discuss His Interim Role
In the process of announcing the dismissal of Charlie Weis as the head coach of Notre Dame on Monday, the University also announced that Rob Ianello “responsibility for…
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Swarbrick Discusses Charlie Weis Firing
Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick addressed the media Monday night to officially announce the firing of head coach Charlie Weis. Here are some highlights from the Irish…
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Initial Impression – Notre Dame at Stanford
It’s tough to really get into the X’s and O’s of Saturday’s season finale, but here are some thoughts about an actual football game instead of another post…
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NFL Teams Courting Weis Already?
Notre Dame hasn’t made any official statements about Charlie Weis’s future in South Bend, but that hasn’t stopped the rumor mill from churning out story after story about…
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Another Sign of the Inevitable
As if we needed any more signs that Charlie Weis coached his last game for Notre Dame on Saturday Night, the soon to be former head man for…
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Rumors Flying: Bob Stoops Interested in Notre Dame Head Coaching Position?
Oklahoma Head Coach Bob Stoops’ is rumored to be at the top of Notre Dame’s wish list to replace Charlie Weis (Photo – IconSMI) While Notre Dame is…
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Initial Impressions – UConn at Notre Dame
Another tough loss for a Notre Dame team that had BCS aspirations just a few weeks ago. The loss drops the Irish to 6-5 and more than likely…
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Weis Deserves Proper Send Off
Notre Dame, IN – Saturday’s game against Connecticut could very well be the last game coached in Notre Dame Stadium by current head coach Charlie Weis. Should that…
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Buckle Up, It’s Going to Be a Bumpy Ride
While Jack Swarbrick is saying he won’t evaluate the football program until after the season and Charlie Weis is saying that he is going about business as usual…
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Corwin Brown Sounds Off
Corwin Brown met with the media yesterday, and before answering their questions, the Irish defensive backs coach/co-defensive coordinator went off about Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo’s comments from…
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Initial Impressions – Navy at Notre Dame
Here are my initial impressions from the aftermath of yesterday’s loss to Navy. My apologies for posting these late, but I would have worn out the $#%?!@ keys…