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.

[3] Fordham received an at-large bid to the 25-team NCAA tournament, where they advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, and won the consolation game for third place in the East regional.

[6][7] He shares the NCAA record for most upsets over a #1 team at seven with Gary Williams: Phelps began his broadcasting career when he served as a commentator for ABC Sports' basketball coverage at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

In 1992, he continued his broadcasting career when he provided color commentary for that year's NCAA tournament for CBS.

He joined ESPN the next season and worked for them until 2014 as a college basketball studio and game analyst.

[10] Phelps was instrumental in the restoration of various programs at John McDonogh High School in New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina.