WebAug 8, 2017 · It is at this point in the film that legendary Notre Dame coach Digger Phelps meets with the team and does his best to strip them of this illusion. It's a scene that turns out to be darkly
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WebSeth Greenberg, friend of KSR and of John Calipari, will take over the seat once held by Digger Phelps on ESPN College Gameday this coming season. The former Virginia Tech head coach and Jay Williams are expected to be formally announced as the new faces of the show at some point today. They will join Rece Davis and Jay Bilas on the eight-week
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WebApr 16, 1991 · After 20 years and 393 victories as head basketball coach at Notre Dame, Richard ''Digger'' Phelps said goodbye Monday. Despite rumors and published reports that had him going to the Indiana
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WebSeth Greenberg, friend of KSR and of John Calipari, will take over the seat once held by Digger Phelps on ESPN College Gameday this coming season. The former Virginia Tech head coach and Jay Williams are expected to be formally announced as the new faces of the show at some point today. They will join Rece Davis and Jay Bilas on the eight-week
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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 10, 2021 · Notre Dame called – Digger answered and for the next 20 years all he did was win 393 of 590 games (.666), make the NCAA tournament 14 years and graduate 56 of 56 of his players. And for all his
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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 10, 2014 · Roger Kuznia. Digger Phelps will be inducted into Notre Dame's ring of honor on Jan. 19. His signature win as Irish coach came in 1974, when his team ended UCLA's 88-game winning streak
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WebMar 9, 2008 · "She knows the game, obviously, so he can talk to her about it if he wants," said Digger Phelps, a former Notre Dame coach and current ESPN commentator. "My ex-wife, I had to talk to her
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WebJan 10, 2014 · Roger Kuznia. Digger Phelps will be inducted into Notre Dame's ring of honor on Jan. 19. His signature win as Irish coach came in 1974, when his team ended UCLA's 88-game winning streak
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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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WebIrish head coach Digger Phelps was just 32 years of age on Jan. 19, 1974, just over half the age of Wooden. But, Wooden had already had a big impact on Phelps' career. "When I came to Notre Dame in 1971, I had the attitude that Notre Dame should be the best," said Phelps. "Notre Dame can do it in football, so why not basketball?
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WebMar 11, 2012 · KSR Basketball Chris Livingston had his breakthrough moment against Mississippi State This type of performance was just waiting to happen for Chris Livingston. Over the last couple of weeks, the 6-foot-6 freshman forward has been playing the most minutes of his young college career. He's been a full-time starter since December, but
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WebDigger Phelps enjoyed a long and successful career as the Notre Dame basketball coach and today he's a fixture on ESPN's Gameday coverage with Rece Davis and Jay Bilas. Phelps was the architect behind several big wins, including ending UCLA's 88-game winning streak in the John Wooden era. But only once did Phelps ever reach the Final …
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WebThe KSR P.H.B. - Round Three - Billy Packer vs. Digger Phelps. Digger Phelps - I must admit, Digger sports an impressive résumé in terms of dogging Kentucky and thus earning our hate. He did it from the sidelines and has made a miving doing it from his seat at the Worldwide Leader. However, I also must admit that most impressive is
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WebJan 18, 2019 · Mike DeCourcy. • 18 min read. Dwight Clay was closing in on his 21st birthday as the basketball left the fingertips of his right hand on that Saturday afternoon 45 years ago, his indelible jump
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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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WebNov 5, 2014 · @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 Digger Phelps @DiggerPhelps · …
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WebMar 17, 1994 · TERRY PHELPS has written a memoir called "The Coach's Wife" (Norton). In 1991, Digger Phelps left Notre Dame and not one Notre Dame official attended his farewell address. TERRY PHELPS says
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WebDigger Phelps enjoyed a long and successful career as the Notre Dame basketball coach and today he's a fixture on ESPN's Gameday coverage with Rece Davis and Jay Bilas. Phelps was the architect behind several big wins, including ending UCLA's 88-game winning streak in the John Wooden era.
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