WebRichard Frederick "Digger" Phelps is an American former college basketball coach, most notably of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from 1971 to 1991. For 20 years, from 1993 to 2014, he served as an analyst on ESPN. He got the nickname "Digger" from his father, who was a mortician in Beacon, New York.[1]
Get a quoteWebRichard Frederick 'Digger' Phelps (born July 4, 1941) is an American former college basketball coach, most notably of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from 1971 to 1991. For 20 years, from 1993 to 2014, he served as an analyst on ESPN. He got the nickname 'Digger' from his father, who was a mortician in Beacon, New York.
Get a quoteWebOct 21, 2017 · Digger Phelps: From the court to the canvas NEXT: Legendary Notre Dame basketball coach Richard 'Digger' Phelps is well known for his achievements on the court. During his 20 seasons as head
Get a quoteWebFeb 20, 1994 · Digger Phelps was the winningest coach in Notre Dame history, compiling a 393-197 record, including 14 seasons with 20 or more victories. Perhaps his greatest statistic was the fact that every one of his players graduated. Digger's glories on the court in the '70s and the early '80s turned into unfulfilled expectations in the mid-'80s.
Get a quoteWebRichard Digger Phelps is the author of Basketball For Dummies (3.70 avg rating, 119 ratings, 21 reviews, published 1997), Undertaker's Son (2.93 avg ra
Get a quoteWebJul 12, 2016 · Digger spent a year as head coach of a Fordham team that finished 26-3. On one occasion he sat next to Notre Dame sports information director Roger Valdiserri while scouting a Notre
Get a quoteWebJan 18, 2014 · Richard "Digger" Phelps. "The power of prayer is the will to win". With love, your devoted companion. Phelps found no words, and even today still struggles to describe Costas' gesture
Get a quoteWebJul 30, 2020 · SOUTH BEND, IN - JANUARY 24: ESPN television college basketball analyst and former coach Richard "Digger" Phelps looks on before the game between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Connecticut
Get a quoteWebJul 10, 2021 · The basketball world knows Digger Phelps belongs in Springfield, Mass. He has all the boxes checked for admission. It seems everyone knows – except Fordham University – the place he once put on
Get a quoteWebRichard Digger Phelps is the author of Basketball For Dummies (3.70 avg rating, 119 ratings, 21 reviews, published 1997), Undertaker's Son (2.93 avg ra
Get a quoteWebNov 9, 2010 · What makes it so special about that team was it had a rookie coach — Richard "Digger" Phelps — and no size, starting four guards with a 6-foot-5 center.
Get a quoteWebJan 18, 2014 · Less than six years later, in May of 1971, a now 29-year old Richard "Digger" Phelps, the author of that letter, joined Parseghian as basketball coach on the head coaching staff of legendary Notre Dame athletics director Moose Krause.
Get a quoteWebRichard Frederick 'Digger' Phelps (born July 4, 1941) is an American former college basketball coach, most notably of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from 1971 to 1991. For 20 years, from 1993 to 2014, he served as an analyst on ESPN. He got the nickname 'Digger' from his father, who was a mortician in Beacon, New York.
Get a quoteWebDigger Phelps. Born: July 4, 1941 Alma Mater: Rider (1963) Career Record (major schools): 21 Years, 419-200, .677 W-L% Schools: Fordham (26-3) and Notre Dame (393-197) Conference Champion: 0 Times (Reg. Seas.), 0 Times (Tourn.) NCAA Tournament: 15 Years (17-17), 1 Final Four, 0 Championships More info
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Get a quoteWebApr 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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Get a quoteWebAug 11, 1992 · The 51-year-old Phelps, now working as a sort of advance man for a controversial federally funded program known as Operation Weed and Seed, is addressing a community group in an embattled section
Get a quoteWebApr 26, 2013 · Former Notre Dame Coach Richard "Digger" Phelps has been stricken with bladder cancer, ESPN reported on Thursday. The 71-year-old sports analyst already underwent surgery and is expected to have a follow-up treatment plan in South Bend, Indiana closer to home next week.
Get a quoteWebOct 11, 2011 · Richard "Digger" Phelpsis the former coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team. Today, he's a college basketball analyst for ESPN. John Waltersis a writer at The Daily, an
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