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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Video: “The Other Side of Manti T’eo”
Here’s a pretty good non football related video piece on Manti T’eo. There’s a couple short bits before the interview starts – fast forward to 1:18 in the…
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Irish Will Have a New Starting 5 Monday
Mike Brey confirmed on Sunday that there will be some changes to the Notre Dame starting lineup for Monday’s game against Marquette according to Brian Hamilton of the…
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Notre Dame Offers Local Junior WR
Notre Dame offered a scholarship to Clay High School’s Daniel Smith this weekend according to a report on WSBT. WSBT Sports has confirmed that Smith received a scholarship…
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Bruton Impresses Some at Senior Bowl
David Bruton had a pretty good week of practice at the Senior Bowl this week and may have helped out his draft stock some. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound Bruton…
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Oliver Visits Tennessee?
The Tennessee site GoVolsExtra is reporting that Notre Dame commitment Nyshier Oliver visited Tennessee this past weekend. The Vols were able to convince several prospects who are committed…
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Gary Gray Expected to Return
ESPN’s Graham Watson reported this week that junior to be corner back Gary Gray plans on re-enrolling at Notre Dame for the summer term. According to the family…
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T’eo Down to Three
Manti T’eo, easily the #1 recruit on Notre Dame’s board at this point, has trimmed his list down to three schools and the Irish have made the cut. …
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Who’s Left on the Recruiting Board
Here is a really quick look at who is left on Notre Dame’s recruiting board this year. We have less than 2 weeks till Signing Day and a…
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Committed to USC No Moore
Byron Moore has officially decommited from USC and appears to be favoring Notre Dame according to the USC site WeAreSC.com. “Yeah, I went ahead and decommitted today,” said…
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Bryant Young Notre Dame’s Newest GA, Tim Grunhard Next?
While the University has yet to make an official announcement, several sources have indicated that former Notre Dame and San Francisco 49ers great Bryant Young will very likely…
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Gruden Rumors Shot Down
As soon as Jon Gruden was fired by the Buccaneers on Friday, rumors linking him to Notre Dame after Signing Day began to popup. Since the rumors were…
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Recruiting Impact of Alford Hire
When Mike Haywood was hired by Charlie Weis four years ago, he brought with him the reputation of being a good recruiter with ties in Texas based on…
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Hayden Fry on the Frank Verducci Hire
Since it seems like some here weren’t too thrilled with the Verducci hire based on the comments to the posts about his hiring, here are some quotes from…
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Alford on Joining the Notre Dame Staff
Here’s what Notre Dame’s new running backs coach Tony Alford had to say about joining the Irish staff. “Notre Dame is the epitome of college football,” Alford said.…
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Tony Alford Named RB Coach
Another one of the vacant coaching positions on the Irish staff was filled on Monday when the University announced that Louisville running back coach Tony Alford would be…
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Sanchez to the NFL, Mays Back to USC
Two of USC’s most prominent players with eligibility left have made their decisions on whether or not to enter the NFL draft. Quarterback Mark Sanchez has decided to…
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Darrin Walls Back at Notre Dame
Notre Dame was without the services of Darrin Walls last year while the senior to be was not enrolled in school, but that won’t be the case in…
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Recruiting Impact of Frank Verducci Hire
Just yesterday the SBT had a quote from Tom Lemming about John Latina being Notre Dame’s best recruiter amongst the assistant coaches this year so his departure will…
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Frank Verducci New OL Coach for Notre Dame
The first new assistant coach for the 2009 season has been named by Charlie Weis at a position that technically wasn’t even announced that it was open until…
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Irish Fall in OT
Notre Dame took a tough loss Monday night at the hands of #20 Louisville. The Cardinals beat the Irish 87-73 while outscoring Notre Dame 16-2 in overtime. The…
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Great Day for Big East Basketball
As I’m sitting here waiting for Notre Dame and Seton Hall to tip off (thank you ESPN for the free weekend of ESPN Full Court) I’ve been enjoying…
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Gary Gray Not Enrolled for Spring
Last month Junior to be Gary Gray did not make the trip to Hawaii with the team for the Hawaii Bowl for personal reasons. Now it is bring…
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LeSean McCoy Declaring for NFL Draft
This past season Notre Dame lost a game it had no business losing to Pitt thanks in large part to a great game from Panther running back LeSean…
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SBT: Oliver Resigned
Earlier in the day it was reported that Notre Dame defensive line coach Jappy Oliver was fired, but tonight the South Bend Tribune is reporting that Oliver actually…
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Jappy Oliver Out at Notre Dame
Eric Hansen reported this afternoon that defensive line coach Jappy Oliver has been fired by Notre Dame. Oliver, the defensive line coach for the Irish since 2005, is…
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Here We Go Again? Pollard to Visit UCLA?
A few weeks back one of the LA Daily News kept saying that Notre Dame commitment Tyler Stockton was supposed visiting UCLA, but the story turned out to…
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Notre Dame-Georgetown Highlights
The men’s hoops team had a great win over #9 Georgetown win Monday. The Irish defeated the Hoyas 73-67 for their 44th consecutive home victory – the longest…
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Notre Dame Grabs 5 Star OL for 2010
Notre Dame picked up its first commitment for 2010 today in Christian Lombard – a 5 star offensive tackle from Illinois. Lombard had offers from virtually everyone and…
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Some More Hawaii Bowl Highlights
Here’s another set of Hawaii Bowl highlights from the Honolulu Advertiser this time.
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Island All Stars
There were quite a few heroes from last night’s Hawaii Bowl win. Here’s a look at who were the stars of the show for the Irish as they…
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Notre Dame 2008 Hawaii Bowl Highlights
For those of you who may have missed last night’s Hawaii Bowl due to Christmas Eve obligations, here are some highlights from the 49-21 win over Hawaii. The…
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Ethan Johnson Emerges
Ethan Johnson has gotten a lot of playing time for a true freshman this year, but it wasn’t until Wednesday night that he really emerged. Against Hawaii last…
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Mele Kalikimaka UHND.com
We all got an early Christmas present Wednesday night when our beloved Irish ended the bowl losing streak with a 49-21 victory over Hawaii. We at UHND would…
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Two Streaks Ended in Hawaii Tonight
We all know that the bowl losing streak ended at 9 tonight with Notre Dame’s 49-21 victory over Hawaii. That wasn’t the only dubious streak that we ended…
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Clausen Tears up Hawaii in First Half
Jimmy Clausen is having a career day today and we’re only at half time. At the half way point of the Hawaii Bowl, Clausen has completed 18 of…
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Names on Notre Dame Jerseys
Notre Dame is playing tonight with names on their jerseys for the first time since the 1988 (1987 season) Cotton Bowl. While this is the first time in…
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Weis Coaching from the Booth
Charlie Weis is doing something he’s never done at Notre Dame tonight – coaching from the booth as opposed to coaching on the sidelines. The reason he’s made…
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Haywood Praises Weis On His Way Out
So much for all of those conspiracy theories that Weis and Haywood were not getting a long as the season progressed. Tim Prister interviewed Haywood about being named…
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Toben Opurum to Kansas
Notre Dame lost out on fullback recruit Toben Opurum Tuesday when the four star back committed to Kansas over Notre Dame and Purdue among others. Opurum got some…
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Joe Schad on Haywood to Miami
Here’s Joe Schad’s take on Mike Haywood taking the Miami (Ohio) job.
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Haywood New Head Coach for Miami (Ohio)
Per ESPN, ND offensive coordinator Mike Haywood will be the next head coach for Miami (Ohio). Miami of Ohio will name Notre Dame offensive coordinator Mike Haywood as…
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43 in a Row for Hoops Team
The men’s bball team took care of business again tonight with a 81-49 win over Savannah State. The win was the 43rd in a row at the Joyce…
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Another Hawaii Bowl Preview Video
Here’s a different ESPN Hawaii Bowl Preview with Herbie, Doug Flutie, and Chris Fowler. [youtube]2ZRe0WPBf5E[/youtube]
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Manti Te’o Sporting News Prep Athlete of the Year
The Sporting News named Manti Te’o it’s Prep Athlete of the Year. Te’o, the top prospect left on the board for Notre Dame this year is said to…
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Video: Hawaii Bowl Preview from ESPN
Here’s Todd McShay’s preview for this week’s Hawaii Bowl. Other than McShay saying “Malcolm” Floyd was questionable, it’s a pretty decent preview. [youtube]EAi2XoC4R_c[/youtube]
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Gary Gray Didn’t Travel to Hawaii
A note from the bad news department – sophomore cornerback Gary Gray did not make the trip to Hawaii with the team due to “personal reasons” according to…
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Te’o Takes in Notre Dame Practice
Notre Dame had a very special spectator at Saturday’s Hawaii Bowl practice – linebacker ubber recruit Manti Te’o according to KGMB9 of Honolulu. One of the main spectators…
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Ron English to EMU
ESPN is reporting that former Michigan defensive coordinator Ron English is taking the head coaching position at Eastern Michigan. This is significant for Notre Dame because Irish defensive…
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More Accolades for Rudolph and Floyd
Last week Kyle Rudolph and Michael Floyd were named to the CollegeFootballNews.com Freshmen All American team. This week, the Irish duo were honored again by the Sporting News…
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Floyd, Smith Expected Back for Bowl
Earlier this week it was reported that both Brian Smith and Michael Floyd will be back for Wednesday’s Hawaii Bowl against the Warriors of Hawaii. Both Irish starters…