This article is about the basketball coach. For the baseball player also nicknamed "Digger", see Ken Phelps.
Digger Phelps
Phelps on ESPN's College Gameday broadcast in February 2008
Biographical details
Born
(1941-07-04) July 4, 1941 (age 82) Beacon, New York, U.S.
Playing career
1960–1963
Rider
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1963–1964
Rider (GA)
1965–1966
St. Gabriel's HS
1966–1969
Penn (assistant)
1970–1971
Fordham
1971–1991
Notre Dame
Head coaching record
Overall
419–200 (.677)
Tournaments
17–17 (NCAA Division I) 7–3 (NIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
NCAA Regional – Final Four (1978)
Awards
Sporting News Coach of the Year Award (1974) UPI Coach of the Year (1974)
Richard 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 nick name "Digger" from his friends.
Richard Frederick "Digger" Phelps (born July 4, 1941) is an American former college basketball coach, most notably of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish from...
2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, and 2017. On December 29, 2017, Brey tied DiggerPhelps for most wins by a Notre Dame coach with 393. During the 2007–08 season...
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College GameNight and College GameDay with Rece Davis, Hubert Davis, DiggerPhelps, and Bob Knight. Bilas makes frequent appearances on SportsCenter, ESPNEWS...
ended with Lombardi's death and the move of head basketball coach "Digger" Phelps to the University of Notre Dame. Some of the features of the building...
Andy Petree: 2007–2014 (NASCAR on ESPN), now analyst for Fox Sports DiggerPhelps: 1993–2014 College Gameday and College GameNight Steve Phillips: 2005–2009...
are former Notre Dame basketball coach and current ESPN sportscaster DiggerPhelps, who played basketball at Rider from 1959 to 1963, and Jason Thompson...
in-studio analyst with host Rece Davis and fellow analysts Jay Bilas, DiggerPhelps, Hubert Davis, and Bob Knight. Previously, he has been paired with Keith...
of high school, Ellis chose to attend the University of Notre Dame. DiggerPhelps was his head coach until replaced by John Macleod prior to Ellis’s senior...
1973–1974 season. In January, the winning streak stopped at 88 games when DiggerPhelps's Notre Dame squad upended the Bruins 71–70 in South Bend. Two months...
Penn, with the regional consolation game winner, Fordham (coached by DiggerPhelps, a former Penn assistant coach), receiving second place. UCLA was a...
Frank Adams (1944–1950) Johnny Bach (1950–1968) Ed Conlin (1968–1970) DiggerPhelps (1970–1971) Hal Wissel (1971–1976) Dick Stewart (1976–1978) Tom Penders...
record and earning a No. 9 national ranking. That team was coached by DiggerPhelps, who accepted an offer to coach Notre Dame after the 1971 season ended...
University. Moyer was married to Karen Phelps, the daughter of former Notre Dame basketball coach DiggerPhelps. The two were introduced by Harry Caray...
currently has the 9th most wins in College Basketball History. Led by Coach DiggerPhelps, the Irish made a trip to the 1978 Final Four where they lost to the...
NCAA Tournament Appearance in program history. He left Lehigh to join DiggerPhelps' staff at the University of Notre Dame on August 1, 1988. McCaffery...
scholarship from the University of Notre Dame, to play under head coach DiggerPhelps. As a freshman, he was named a starter at point guard. As a sophomore...
College basketball team and as an assistant coach for Notre Dame under DiggerPhelps. He later worked as NBA director of basketball operations (1991–95)...
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