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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Notes from Saturday’s Press Conference
Charlie Weis met with the media Saturday after a rain soaked practice. Here’s a quick review of what he had to say. Weis did not completely disregard the…
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Notre Dame Spring ’07 Report: Running Backs
Six practices are in the books for the 2007 Spring Football season so I figured I’d take a look at some of the more pivotal positions that must…
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Will Yeatman is Good at Lacrosse
Tight end Will Yeatman is making an immediate impact on the Notre Dame lacrosse team in his freshman year after notching another hat trick on Saturday. Freshman Will…
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Kyle Rudolph Makes it Five for Notre Dame
(UHND.com) – Later this morning, Cincinnati native Kyle Rudolph will become the fifth member of the Class of 2008 recruiting class at an early morning press conference. Rudolph,…
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Notre Dame Names 2007 Captains Early
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – Head coach Charlie Weis usually waits towards the end of spring ball to name his captains, but with the severe lack of numbers…
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Brady Quinn is a Perfectionist and Faster than JaMarcus Russell
Notre Dame held its second Pro Day last Thursday, and despite a strong showing from Brady Quinn, he wasn’t exactly pleased with his showing. Quinn said afterward he…
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Gary Gray Breaks Arm, Munir Prince Moves to CB
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – Gary Gray enrolled at Notre Dame this January to get an early start on his college, but a broken arm in Notre Dame’s…
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And They’re Off, Notre Dame’s ’07 Quarterback Derby Begins
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – Wednesday not only marked the beginning of spring football for the 2007 Fighting Irish, but also marked the beginning of one of the…
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Health, Opportunity Highlights Weis’s Spring Presser
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – Charlie Weis’s initial press conference of the 2007 spring football season centered around two main themes – the health of the team and…
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Notes from Wednesday Press Conference
Here is the Cliff Notes version of Charlie Weis’s press conference on Wednesday. Travis Thomas was moved back to running back and Chris Stewart was moved to defensive…
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Jimmy Clausen’s Arm Injured?
A Chicago Sun Times article on Tuesday implied that uber-recruit Jimmy Clausen’s arm is injured and may limit what he can and cannot do this Spring. Jim Clausen…
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Breaking Down the Midwest Bracket
Notre Dame may not have gotten a great first round draw, but when looking at the other top seeds in this bracket, the Irish faired pretty well. I…
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Jeff Samardzija’s Spring Training Ends as Cubs Cut 14
Jeff Samardzija made his last appearance of Spring Training for the Cubs on Monday after they cut 14 players from their spring roster. Before being sent down to…
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Notre Dame Earns 6th Seed in 2007 NCAA Tournament, Date with Winthrop
(UHND.com) – Selection Sunday came and went and the Big East received a few surprises from the selection committee. The biggest surprise came from the omission of Syracuse…
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Armando Allen is FAST
Here is a clip of Armando Allen running the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 13.82. Bold prediction for 2007: Allen returns a kickoff and a punt…
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A Little More Info On Sean Cwynar
Notre Dame’s latest commitment could end being one of the more important recruits in this year’s class because he is a big time talent at a position where…
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Everyone’s a Winner at Tommy Zbikowski Fight
Tuesday night Tom Zbikowski participated in a charity boxing event that, despite a lot of hiccups, ended up being rather successful with an estimated $40,000 being raised for…
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Petigout Signs with Bucs, Jordan Black to Follow?
Former Notre Dame offensive lineman Luke Petigout who was cut by the Giants after suffering through an injury riddled season was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tuesday. …
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Notre Dame Gets 4th Commit From Sean Cwynar
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame’s fourth commitment of the year is a big one – literally – for Charlie Weis and Notre Dame. Sean Cwynar, a 6’3”, 285 pound…
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Depth Chart Engineering 103 – Projecting the Defense
Here’s my initial crack at projected the defense. Let me start off by saying, this is 10x harder than projecting the offense since we really aren’t sure what…
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Gee, Thanks Again NBC
To anyone who complains about the unfair advantage that Notre Dame receives from the NBC contract, I point out another one of those “unfair advantages” from today’s NFL…
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Jeff Samardzija Impressive In Spring Training Debut
Jeff Samardzija made his spring training debut this past weekend and despite only pitching one inning, his debut got him some good reviews from manager Lou Pinella as…
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Brady Quinn Has Impressive Performance at Pro Day
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – Brady Quinn gave a host of NFL coaches, execs, and scouts an up close look at his passing abilities on Sunday at the…
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Braxston Cave, John Goodman Commit to Notre Dame After Junior Day
(UHND.com) – Notre Dame’s Junior Day this past weekend netted the Irish their second and third commitments of the year in the form of wide receiver John Goodman…
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Ara Parseghian, Lou Holtz Coaching 2007 Blue-Gold Game
I posted an article up on the main site with some information on Holtz and Ara as the coaches for the Blue-Gold game earlier tonight, but figured I’d…
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Parseghian and Holtz To Coach Blue-Gold Game
Notre Dame, IN (UHND.com) – Ever since he took over as head coach at Notre Dame, Charlie Weis has had past players serve as honorary coaches for the…
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Brady… Brady… Brady… it’s WEIS not WEISS
Earlier tonight I linked to the latest blog entry for Brady Quinn on his XBOX Community Blog. If read it carefully, you will find the following passage… “Having…
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Recapping Notre Dame Prospects at the 2007 NFL Combine
All stats are courtesy of FFLiveWire. They have the numbers for every athlete that participated in the combine. Brady Quinn – 6′ 3 3/4″, 232 lbs Quinn made…
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This Quinn Dropping Crap is Really Getting Old
Just when I thought the Quinn dropping crap couldn’t get any dumber, ProFootballTalk.com delivered this little nugget on Monday. “One of the darlings of the scouting combine is…
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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.…