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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Kinnon Tatum Back at Notre Dame
Charlie Weis announced the hiring of former Notre Dame linebacker Kinnon Tatum to the position of graduate assistant on Wednesday. Tatum will replace Kevin Loney who was promoted…
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Spring Football Injury Report
Head coach Charlie Weis updated the health status of the team heading into spring ball on Wednesday. Here’s a quick rundown. John Ryan (Jr, DE) – OUT –…
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Thoughts and Observations from the Spring Depth Chart
The first depth chart for the 2008 season was released and there is plenty to talk about. Here’s are my thoughts and observations. Position Changes Sam Young has…
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Notre Dame Has Plenty of Questions to Answer This Spring
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – Coming off a 3-7 season which saw Notre Dame snap its 43 game winning streak against Navy, win just one game in Notre…
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Leasts from the East
Saturday morning I posted about the Big East dominance of the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Well, less than 48 hours later, that post was looking a…
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Trevor Laws Interview
I just posted an interview we had with Trevor Laws on the homepage. Trevor was kind enough to answer a bunch of questions for us about how he…
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Trevor Laws Q&A
(UHND) – In between getting ready for last week’s pro day at Notre Dame and training for next month’s NFL Draft, former Notre Dame defensive tackle Trevor Laws…
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Sam Young Bulks Up to 330 lbs
According to yesterday’s South Bend Tribune, Sam Young has taken the lead in the Notre Dame weight room this winter and is up to 330 pounds after hovering…
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Rocky Boiman Signs with the Eagles
Former Notre Dame linebacker Rocky Boiman signed a one year free agent deal with the Philadelphia Eagles today. The 6-foot-4, 236-pound linebacker played in 86 career games (19…
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Notre Dame’s Tourney Run Derailed by Washington State
Notre Dame’s bid for its first Sweet 16 appearance since 2003 was derailed by a stingy Washington State defense that held the Irish to a season low 41…
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Irish Run Into Brick Wall in Denver
Notre Dame failed to advance to the Sweet 16 Saturday night after losing to Washington State 61-41. The Cougars defense smothered the Irish offense into the single worst…
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Beasts of the East from Round 1
The Big East sent 8 teams to the NCAA Tournament this year and all but one – UConn – have advanced to the second round. Here’s a quick…
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Notre Dame Advances to 2nd Round
Denver, CO (UHND.com) – Notre Dame made sure that George Mason would not have another magical run through the NCAA Tournament this year with a 68-50 win over…
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#5 Notre Dame vs. #12 George Mason – Live Blog
Getting off to a little bit of a late start here, but here goes nothing. 9:53 PM – If Mason keeps doubling down on Harangody, Notre Dame will…
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Irish Shoot Around in Denver
Here’s a couple pics from yesterday’s open practice in Denver courtesy of Colorado Irish.
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Notre Dame to the Final 4?
While I was on Sporting News earlier tonight reading the articles I quoted below I saw a “Simulate the Tournament” link so I simulated the East Bracket. On…
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Does George Mason Have Another Run in Them?
Sporting News has an article up talking about the possibility of George Mason making another run in this year’s tourney. Here’s an excerpt: The Patriots, meanwhile, are trying…
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Breaking Down the East Bracket
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame’s 5th seeded draw in the East Bracket of this year’s NCAA Tournament will make a Sweet 16 or better run a daunting task to…
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Notre Dame Taking Cinderella To the Big Dance
(UHND.com) – When the NCAA Tournament selections were announced on Sunday, Notre Dame earned itself a 5th seed in the East Bracket and a date on Thursday with…
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Notre Dame Gets a #5 Seed
Notre Dame got a 5th seed in the East Bracket and will face off against everyone’s favorite Cinderella, 12th seeded George Mason. A win over Marquette Thursday would…
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Irish Bow Out of Big East Tourney Early
After Luke Harangody picked up his second foul with more than 10 minutes remaining in the first half of Thursday night’s Big East Quarterfinal contest with against Marquette,…
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Notre Dame/Marquette Post Mortem
Well, if the first half went about as well as we could have hoped, the second half went about as badly as it possibly could for us. After…
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Notre Dame/Marquette Halftime Thoughts
Here are some quick thoughts from first half action of tonight’s Big East Quarterfinal contest with Marquette. Considering Luke Harangody played just over 7 minutes in the first…
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Congrats to Luke and Coach Brey
Luke Harangody was named Big East Player of the Year and Mike Brey the Big East Coach of the Year tonight on the eve of the BE Tournament. …
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Harangody, Brey Take Home Top Big East Honors
A day after being named to the First Team All Big East squad, Notre Dame sophomore Luke Harangody took home an even bigger prize on Tuesday – 2008…
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Harangody, McAlarney Named 1st Team Big East
Luke Harangody got the first of what is sure to be a series of honors and awards on Monday when he was named to the First Team All…
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Irish Lock Up #3 Seed in BE Tourney
Despite nearly blowing a 28 point second half lead, Notre Dame held on to a 98-91 victory over DePaul to clinch a first round bye in the Big…
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2008 Big East Tournament Bracket
Here’s a little Big East Tournament Bracket I made up tonight. Marquette’s slump at the end of the season here didn’t do Notre Dame any favors. The Golden…
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5 Things I Wanted to See in 2007
Since we’re still a few weeks away from Spring practice, I figured it would be a good idea to take a look back at a couple posts I…
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Notre Dame 67 – South Florida 60: Highlights
Here’s some highlights from tonight’s 67-60 win over South Florida which clinched a 2nd place tie and #3 seed in the BE Tournament. More to follow.
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Julius Jones Signs with Seattle
Former Notre Dame running back Julius Jones signed a free agent contract with the Seattle Seahawks Friday. The signing could mean the end of the Shaun Alexander era…
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UNC Names Greg Little Starting Running Back
Former Notre Dame recruit and one time verbal commitment, Greg Little was named the starting running back for North Carolina earlier this week by head coach Butch Davis.…
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Notre Dame Looking for Additional Strength/Conditioning Coach?
One of our readers based along this job listing from the NCAA’s “The Market: Careers in College Athletics” website to us today. Design and implement sport-specific speed and…
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Irish Rebound with Win Over DePaul, Clinch Bye
ROSEMONT, Ill (UHND.com) – Despite nearly blowing a 28 point second half lead, Notre Dame held on to a 98-91 victory over DePaul to clinch a first round…
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BYU, Fresno St, Boise St, Utah, UCF, Tulsa all Better than ND?
ESPN released their Pre-Spring power ratings today and not surprisingly, Notre Dame is not in their top 25. What might surprise some, however, is the geniuses over in…
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NFL Irish Free Agency Update
The NFL Free Agency period started on Friday and a number of former Notre Dame players were involved in some transactions. Here’s a quick recap. Jeff Faine signed…
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Spring Football Practice Schedule Announced
Notre Dame released it’s spring practice schedule today and the dates are as follows. Wednesday March 26 Friday March 28 Saturday March 29 Monday March 31 Wednesday April…
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Notre Dame Coaches Clinic and Football Camps
Notre Dame will be having two events in the next couple of months that are open to the public – the first of which is the Annual Coaches…
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Zbikowski Tests Well at Combine
Indianapolis, IN (UHND) – The NFL Combine wrapped up on Tuesday with defensive backs running through individual drills, and former Notre Dame safety Tom Zbikowski test out pretty…
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DJ Fitzpatrick Signs with Bills
Former Notre Dame punter DJ Fitzpatrick signed with the Buffalo Bills on Tuesday according to their official website. The Bills re-signed a young prospect who performed admirably in…
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Trevor Laws Tears It Up in Indy
Indianapolis, IN (UHND) – The story for Notre Dame prospects at the NFL Combine this weekend was one of disappointment. Such was not the case for defensive tackle…
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Carlson’s Stock Dropping?
After a disappointing performance at the combine this weekend, some reports are surfacing that former tight end John Carlson’s stock is dropping. Former Litchfield, Minn., and Notre Dame…
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Sullivan, Carlson Perform at Combine; Laws, Zibby Up Next
Indianapolis, IN (UHND) – Over the weekend former Notre Dame tight end John Carlson and center John Sullivan participated in the individual drills at the annual NFL Combine.…
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Notre Dame WR Michael Floyd High School Highlights
Some more YouTube clips of Michael Floyd. Kid looks like a natural at wide receiver and has BIG TIME play making ability.
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Notre Dame 94, Syracuse 87 – Box Score
Here’s Notre Dame’s statistics from today’s win over Syracuse. Check out the recap article I posted on the game as well. Notre Dame Stats MIN FGM-A FTM-A…
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McAlarney Leads 3 Point Barrage for Notre Dame’s 36th Straight at Home
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – The streak continues at 36 straight at home for the Irish thanks in large part to a historic three point outburst from junior…
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Combine Day 1 Results for Carlson, Sullivan
Day 1 Combine Results John Carlson John Sullivan Height 6’4″ 7/10 6’3″ 4/10 Weight 255 301 40 4.89 (10) 5.4 (27) Bench 20 (10) 21 (34) Vertical 30.5…
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Irish Hopefuls Descend Upon Combine
Indianapolis, IN (UHND) – The annual NFL Scouting Combine can make or break a prospects draft chances and for a handful of former Notre Dame football players coming…
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Notre Dame WR Deion Walker High School Highlights
Here's some highlights of Deion Walker similar to the ones I posted of Kyle Rudolph last week. Nothing really earth shattering here, but it does look like Walker…
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Tenuta Right Where He Wants to Be
Notre Dame, IN (UHND) – Jon Tenuta’s name was mentioned in connection with multiple defensive coordinator positions this off-season including Michigan, Texas A&M, an LSU just to name…