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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Charlie Weis Tells Crennel to Trade Up For Brady Quinn
Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel both won three Super Bowls as coordinators for the Patriots and now Weis is telling his friend Crennel, who is the head coach…
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5 Things I Wouldn’t Like to See from Notre Dame in 2007
A couple days ago I made a post about 5 things I’d like to see in 2007. Well, today I’m going to switch gears and talk about some…
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Charlie Weis Malpractice Case Ends in Mistrial
Charlie Weis’s medical malpractice suit against the doctors who performed gastric by pass surgery on him ended in a mistrial today after one of the jurors collapsed. According…
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Weis Makes Some More Changes to the 2007 Staff
Charlie Weis announced some further re-organization of his coaching staff as reported by the South Bend Tribune. Corwin Brown, defensive coordinator/outside linebackers coach; Brian Polian, inside linebackers/special teams…
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More Info on Notre Dame Commit Mike Golic Jr.
Here are some quotes from around the web on Mike Golic Jr.’s decision to commit to Notre Dame yesterday. Golic, a 6’5″, 260 lb offensive line prospect became…
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Brady Quinn Really Wants to be the #1 Pick in ’07 NFL Draft
Eric Hansen, who is quickly becoming my favorite Notre Dame beat writer, has a really good article in today’s South Bend Tribune about Quinn and this weekend’s NFL…
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Mike Golic Jr. Follows Father’s Footsteps to Notre Dame
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame got its first verbal commitment for the 2007-2008 recruiting season on Monday when Mike Golic Jr, a talented offensive line prospect from Connecticut, decided…
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5 Things I’d Like to See from Notre Dame in 2007
Here’s a quick list of some things I’d like to see out of the Irish in 2007. Some of these are minor things that some teams take for…
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Depth Chart Engineering 102 UPDATE
Here’s a follow up to last week’s Depth Chart Engineering 102 post with some updates and more comments. Projected Offensive Depth Chart Position Starter Backup QB Jimmy Clausen…
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Recruiting Never Ends, Rivals First Top 250 Released
Signing day was not even a week ago and Rivals has released it’s first Top 250 list of the year. I scanned through the list and have listed…
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Meet the Recruits 2007: The Defense/Special Teams
Here’s the follow up to Wednesday’s post on the offensive recruits in this class. Gary Gray (5’11”, 178 – Columbia, South Carolina) Gray was the only early enrollee…
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Seriously, The Willingham Narrative is Really Getting Annoying
Well, its been some time since someone brought up the race card in discussing Tyrone Willingham’s dismissal from Notre Dame a little over two years ago, but BlackAthlete.net…
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Better Defensive Recruiting Starts on the Field for Notre Dame
(UHND.com) – A lot of Notre Dame fans are up in arms over the lack of defensive recruits in this year’s class which just signed yesterday. The Irish…
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In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame’s recruiting efforts this year started off as good, or better, than any year I can remember. By June, Notre Dame had at least three…
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Why Not Make Recruiting More Like Free Agency?
With the rash of decommitments this year, especially the two felt by Notre Dame fans today, it’s gotten a lot of people talking about an early signing period…
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Meet the Notre Dame Recruits 2007: The Offense
I did a couple posts in this format last year and they were well received so I figured I’d go with the same format this year. Armando Allen…
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Notre Dame Recruiting Springs a ‘Little’ Leak
(UHND.com) – Tuesday was a day full of rumors and speculation about a few Notre Dame recruits wavering. A day later the Irish lost both of the Little’s,…
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‘If you’re looking, we’re looking’; Charlie Weis Unhappy with Decommitments
Weis’s last quote of today’s press conference was his best. After talking about soft verbal, silent verbals, decommitments, etc; Weis ended with. “If they’re looking, we’re looking. That’s…
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Notre Dame Class of 2007: Cliff’s Notes Edition
Here is a brief overview of all 20 commitments expected to sign with Notre Dame later this morning. As we learned yesterday, there could be some late drama…
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Rumors Floating Around at 11th Hour Regarding Chris Little, Ian Williams
(UHND.com) – Just when it appeared things were pretty much settled on the recruiting front for this year, rumors have spread around the internet like wild fire that…
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Could This Be Why Vaas is No Longer at Notre Dame?
A Washington Post article from Tuesday night shows Notre Dame in a not so positive light about the recruiting of Arrelious Benn by former quarterbacks coach Peter Vaas.…
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How Signing Day Has Changed
Wednesday will be my eight NSD since joining UHND back in the summer of 1999 and in that fairly short period of time, it’s amazing how much its…
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Depth Chart Engineering 102 (DCE 102) – Projecting the Offense
In today’s lesson in depth chart engineering, I will take a very early stab at projecting the offense for the 2007 Irish. With all of the new starters…
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Darius Walker Picks Rosenhaus as His Agent
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported last week that Darius Walker has picked Drew Rosenhaus as his agent… The father of former Notre Dame tailback Darius Walker said Tuesday…
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Jimmy Clausen Parade Co-Player of the Year, Kamara Parada All American
Jimmy Clausen and Duval Kamara were both honored as Parade All Americans on Sunday with Clausen taking home the Player of the Year honors along with Joe McKnight.…
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Depth Chart Engineering 101 UPDATE
Quick follow up based on some of the comments from yesterday’s Depth Chart Engineering 101 post. Tommy Zbikowski to Linebacker Can’t believe I forgot about this one yesterday.…
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Brandon Walker Makes it 20 for Notre Dame
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame picked up its 20th commitment of the year Wednesday morning with the addition of kicker/punter Brandon Walker from Ohio. Walker, originally a Louisville commitment,…
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Depth Chart Engineering 101
With recruiting winding down, the number of posts on the message board complaining about missing out on the likes of Martez Wilson, Ben Martin, Lorenzo Edwards, and Justin…
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Paging Armando Allen… We Need One of These
[youtube][/youtube] Since that kick return in 2000 by Julius Jones, Notre Dame has returned just two kickoff’s for touchdowns – both by Vontez Duff (96 yards vs. Purdue…
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Brian Smith Picks Notre Dame
(UHND.com) – Late Tuesday night, Rivals.com reported that linebacker Brian Smith out of Kansas committed to Notre Dame. Smith, who had previously been committed to Iowa, received and…
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Would the Eagles Trade Donovan McNabb for Brady Quinn?
Saw this interesting post over at IRT this evening. An article from the Ann Arbor News is calling for the Lions to try to acquire Donovan McNabb from…
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USC Targeting Notre Dame Commit Mike Ragone?
Last week Florida poached Justin Trattou from Notre Dame’s commitment list. This week it looks like USC may be trying to visit Mike Ragone according to LA Daily…
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‘More than the kid from Notre Dame’: Pete Carroll Disses Brady Quinn
Another gem from our buddy Pete Carroll according to SI.com: If the Raiders don’t take LSU quarterback JaMarcus Russell with the first pick of the April 28 draft,…
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Another D-Line Prospect Bites the Dust
Jason Peters came back from LSU this past weekend and committed to Georgia Tech after leaving Baton Rouge unsure of whether or not he would have an offer. …
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More Info on Notre Dame RB Commit Robert Hughes
Here’s some quotes and info on Notre Dame’s newest verbal commitment Robert Hughes… From the Chicago Tribune: Hughes, who goes 5-11, 226 pounds and runs a 4.6 40-yard…
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“Notre Dame is Probably Recruiting Me the Hardest” – Malcolm Smith
Allen Wallace has a free update up on Malcolm Smith “My only three are Cal, Notre Dame and USC. They all want me for outside linebacker. Coaches from…
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Robert Hughes Picks Notre Dame, Gives Irish 19 Commits
Chicago, IL (UHND.com) – For the last month Robert Hughes was down to two schools – Notre Dame and Illinois. On Tuesday, Hughes was down to one school…
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Georgia Tech’s Nix Leaving For Miami
Lost in the shuffle over the weekend was the news that Georgia Tech’s Patrick Nix will be leaving Tech to be the offensive coordinator at the University of…
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Victor Abiamiri Impressing at the Senior Bowl
Victor Abiamiri has been turning in some impressive workouts during Senior Bowl practices this week. From Rivals.com “An AFC scout who said he paid particularly close attention to…
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Rick Minter Wouldn’t Have Fired Himself
A report from the Senior Bowl on ESPN.com gives us the first public words from Minter that I’ve seen since his dismissal from Notre Dame… Minter, whom Irish…
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Charlie Weis Pays Justin Trattou A Visit
Notre Dame defensive end commit Justin Trattou threw Irish fans a curve ball when he visited Florida this past weekend. Charlie Weis was quick to visit Trattou, however,…
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Robert Hughes Announces Tuesday
Notre Dame running back recruit Robert Hughes will announce his college decision tomorrow night with the Irish being a finalist along with Illinois. A couple weeks ago I…
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Brady Quinn Drops Back, Throws to Randy Moss??
Ben Maller of Fox Sports is reporting that the Oakland Raiders, owners of the #1 overall pick in April’s draft, are going to try to make a move…
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Jeff Samardzija Walks Away From Football to Pursue Baseball Career
Chicago, IL (UHND.com) – Shortly after Notre Dame introduced two new coaches Friday, defensive coordinator Corwin Brown and quarterbacks coach Ron Powlus, the Irish found themselves in the…
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Corwin Brown Officially Introduced as DC
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – A week after reports surfaced that Corwin Brown would be the next defensive coordinator for Notre Dame, Charlie Weis made it official at…
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Peter Vaas Out, Ron Powlus Introduced as QB Coach
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – Before Brady Quinn rewrote the Notre Dame record books, Ron Powlus spent four seasons, most of which being a round peg in a…
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Thanks For the Memories Jeff
It’s a shame we won’t be seeing anymore highlights like this from #83 after he decided to go with baseball, but he did put on one hell of…
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Brady Quinn Won’t Play in Senior Bowl
From an AP article on NBC Sports.com “Notre Dame quarterback Brady Quinn will sit out the Senior Bowl with a minor knee injury. Quinn still will travel to…
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Game Times for 2007 Notre Dame Home Games Announced
Notre Dame announced the start times for all of the 2007 home games today and they are as follows… Sept. 1 Georgia Tech – 3:30 p.m. EDT Sept.…
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The NCAA Can’t Add – Samardzija Removed From Consensus All American Team
Last week it was announced that Jeff Samardzija was named to the consensus All American team for the second year in a row. Yesterday, however, the geniuses over…