Digger Phelps College coach

Richard F. "Digger" Phelps (born July 4, 1941) is a former American college basketball coach, most notably of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball team 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.

Personal facts

Digger Phelps
Alias (AKA)Phelps Richard
Birth dateJuly 04, 1941
Birth place
Beacon New York

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Coach

coached team
Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's basketball
Penn Quakers men's basketball
Fordham Rams men's basketball
overall record419–200 (67.7%)

Digger Phelps on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.espnmediazone3.com/us/2009/11/phelps_digger