Digger Phelps

Basketball Coach

Birthday July 4, 1941

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace New York

Age 83 years old

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About

Head Coach of the Notre Dame basketball team for two decades who later became a college basketball analyst on ESPN.

Before Fame

He had his first college basketball head coaching job with Fordham University.

Trivia

He led the Fighting Irish to their first ever Final Four appearance.

Family Life

He had three children, including his daughter Karen who married baseball pitcher Jamie Moyer.

Associated With

His team earned an upset victor over John Wooden's top ranked 1974 team.