Jack Nolan, the voice of Notre Dame Athletics, announced on Thursday that he will be calling it a career at the end of the 2020-21 Notre Dame basketball seasons after 39 of covering Notre Dame sports.
“I have been truly blessed to have been associated with the Notre Dame Athletics Department for 39 seasons,” Nolan said.
“I will be forever grateful to all the athletes, coaches, colleagues and fans who have been so wonderful to me over the years. However, the time has come for my wife Rhonda (Brown) and I to live a more normal life.
“We want to get off the road and off the nights, weekends and holidays work schedule we have both navigated for so long. We hope to indulge our passion for travel, our desire to be warm during Michiana winters and be able to spend much more time with family and friends.”
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Nolan has been a fixture in the Notre Dame athletics community for nearly 40 years and leaves an indelible mark on the Notre Dame Athletics department. After years of covering the Irish for WNDU, he became a full-time employee of the University in 2006 as Notre Dame launched the digital media program that we now powers WatchND and Fighting Irish Media.
I only had the privilege of meeting Jack Nolan in person once back in 2013 when getting a tour of the then Fighting Irish Digital Media offices, but it’s one that I’ll never forget. When I mentioned to him that I ran UHND, he told me what a great site it was and how he really liked what we were doing. For someone who has always run this site as a hobby over the last 20 years, it was a thrill hearing a legend like Nolan acknowledge the site like that and ranks right up there with meeting Rocket Ismail as one of the high points of the site for me.
Like all Notre Dame fans, I’ll miss seeing him on the Brian Kelly show and post game shows and, of course, hearing is patented “Goooooooooooot it” for every big three pointer the Irish sink. Jack Nolan gave so much to the Notre Dame athletics community over the years that it will be extremely difficult to find anyone who can fill his shoes.
Thanks for all you did for Notre Dame athletics over the years, Jack. The community sure will miss you.
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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