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Episode 37: Digger Phelps | Former Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Head Coach

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Episode 37: Digger Phelps | Former Notre Dame Men’s Basketball Head Coach

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Show Notes:

  • Rich Spotlight: Digger Phelps
    • Played all sports with the neighborhood kids in Beacon, NY
    • Father was a funeral home director and mortician
    • He convinced his parents to let him try coaching basketball instead of going to embalming school to continue in the family business
    • Spent one year at Fordham as Head Coach and then took the job at the University of Notre Dame in 1971
    • Defeated seven #1 ranked teams in 20 years
    • Most notable #1 ranked team to defeat was UCLA ending their 88-game win streak
    • Felt it was time to move on after 20 years as Head Coach at Notre Dame
    • Briefly contemplated a job at DePaul but decided his coaching days were done and moved into broadcasting and as an analyst with ESPN in 1994
    • Retired from ESPN in 2014 and stays active with painting and recently published another book, entitled “Father Ted Hesburgh, He Coached Me”
    • Words of Wisdom from Digger Phelps: “Never assume, follow-up, and always have a back-up.”




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