WebNov 5, 2014 · Digger Phelps. @DiggerPhelps. ·. Mar 5. Having known Coach K from his playing days at West Point to his coaching days at Army & Duke, he will be missed in college basketball. A legend at Duke with many great players and coaches. Wish him and his family nothing but happiness & good health. God Bless Coach K. 107.
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WebApr 16, 1991 · NOTRE DAME, IND. — It was a curious end to an accomplished career. After 20 years and 393 victories as head basketball coach at Notre Dame, Richard ''Digger'' Phelps said goodbye Monday.
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WebJan. 17, 2014. Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, marked the 40-year anniversary of the University of Notre Dame's most celebrated men's basketball victory. On that date in 1974, the Irish ended UCLA's 88-game winning streak, an accomplishment that has not been approached in men's college basketball since. In fact, only UNLV's streak of 45 in a row in 1989
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WebRichard Frederick "Digger" Phelps (born July 4, 1941) is a former collegiate basketball coach in the United States, most notably as the head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from 1971 to 1991. He worked as a commentator for ESPN for 20 years, from 1993 to 2014. His father, a mortician in Beacon, New York, gave him the nickname "Digger."
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WebJan 24, 1994 · When Coach Phelps (whom the author refers to as ``Dick,'' forgoing the nickname her husband acquired as an undertaker's son) was told after the 1990-91 season—his 20th at Notre Dame—to resign or be fired, the news came as no surprise. The Phelpses had heard the boos over the past couple of seasons and were well aware of the …
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WebSep 7, 2022 · PRESS RELEASE. Karen Phelps, longtime non-profit humanitarian and the daughter of Notre Dame's most well-known basketball coach, announced the launch of Golden Touch, the first and only NIL
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WebNov 5, 2014 · Digger Phelps. @DiggerPhelps. ·. Mar 5. Having known Coach K from his playing days at West Point to his coaching days at Army & Duke, he will be missed in college basketball. A legend at Duke with many great players and coaches. Wish him and his family nothing but happiness & good health. God Bless Coach K. 107.
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WebDec 9, 2018 · That caller was Digger Phelps, a college basketball analyst for ESPN from 1993-2014, and the head basketball coach at Notre Dame from 1971-91. "Johnny was a gift to the Sacramento sports
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WebMar 9, 1987 · Digger Phelps has classical music piped into his Notre Dame office. The walls are hung with prints by the masters. "He peaked after his death." Phelps said the other day of Vincent Van Gogh (or was it George Gipp?). Aside from his vocation, coaching basketball, Phelps is an avid stamp collector, amateur sports psychologist and fashion plate.
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WebJul 15, 2021 · Chalk it up as a routine triumph for Richard Frederick "Digger" Phelps, who in seven years at Notre Dame has utterly changed the University's balance of athletic power. Notre Dame fared well enough in basketball in earlier times, once going three full decades — from 1924 to 1955 — without suffering a losing season.
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WebOct 21, 2017 · Legendary Notre Dame basketball coach Richard 'Digger' Phelps is well known for his achievements on the court. During his 20 seasons as head coach at Notre Dame, Digger won 393 games and led
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WebJan 4, 2018 · A banner commemorating Brey's accomplishment was unfurled at a ceremony after the game Wednesday and he was also presented with a plaque recognizing him as the program's all-time wins leader. Brey
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WebJan 19, 2014 · Jan 19, 2014 Today, former Fighting Irish head coach Digger Phelps received the greatest honor a Notre Dame basketball figure can receive -- he was inducted into the school's basketball Ring
Learn MoreWebAug 11, 1992 · Phelps always had a streak of social consciousness. Growing up as an undertaker's son in Beacon, N.Y. (hence the nickname "Digger"), he remembers his father telling him "everybody trusts us
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WebJul 12, 2016 · Former University of Notre Dame men's basketball coach Digger Phelps walked into the Joyce Center Saturday night, thinking he was going to address a group of Chicago-area high school students.
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WebJan 11, 1982 · The bad luck of the Irish. With only one blue-chipper Notre Dame is off to its worst start since '72. Digger Phelps was listing as he paced painfully around his office last week, transformed by a bad back and a deformed record into a latter-day hunchback of Notre Dame. The normally effervescent Phelps looked glum as he ticked off the names …
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WebJan 11, 1982 · The bad luck of the Irish. With only one blue-chipper Notre Dame is off to its worst start since '72. Digger Phelps was listing as he paced painfully around his office last week, transformed by a bad back and a deformed record into a latter-day hunchback of Notre Dame. The normally effervescent Phelps looked glum as he ticked off the names …
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WebJul 12, 2016 · Irish surprise Digger Phelps for his 75th birthday Former University of Notre Dame men's basketball coach Digger Phelps walked into the Joyce Center Saturday night, thinking he was going to
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WebDigger Phelps. Born: July 4, 1941. Alma Mater: Rider (1963) Career Record (major schools): 21 Years, 419-200, .677 W-L% Sports Reference Purpose: We will be the trusted source of information and tools that inspire and empower users to enjoy, understand, and share the sports they love.
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WebSep 7, 2022 · Karen Phelps, longtime non-profit humanitarian and the daughter of Notre Dame's most well-known basketball coach, announced the launch of Golden Touch, the first and only NIL collective to
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