List of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning managers

This is a list of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning managers since 1986. The term manager (or coach) only came into widespread use in the 1970s. Up until then football teams were usually run by selection panels. Sometimes they contained up to ten members, resulting in self-interest coming to the fore more often than not. All this changed with the appointment of a strong manager, surrounded by a small group of selectors.

By year

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Mick O'Dwyer holds the record for most titles won as manager (8). The last title dates from 1986.
 
Jack O'Connor won four titles in three different spells as Kerry manager.
 
Mickey Harte won three titles as Tyrone manager in the 2000s.
 
Billy Morgan won consecutive titles as Cork manager in 1989 and 1990.
Year Winning coach(es) Team Score Opponent Losing coach(es) Sources
1981 Mick O'Dwyer (5) Kerry 1-12 : 0-8 Offaly Eugene McGee [1]
1982 Eugene McGee Offaly 1-15 : 0-17 Kerry Mick O'Dwyer [2]
1983 Kevin Heffernan (3) Dublin 1-10 : 1-8 Galway Mattie McDonagh [3]
1984 Mick O'Dwyer (6) Kerry 0-14 : 1-6 Dublin Kevin Heffernan [3]
1985 Mick O'Dwyer (7) Kerry 2-12 : 2-8 Dublin Kevin Heffernan [2][3]
1986 Mick O'Dwyer (8) Kerry 2-15 : 1-10 Tyrone Art McRory [2]
1987 Seán Boylan Meath 1-14 : 0-11 Cork Billy Morgan [4]
1988 Seán Boylan (2) Meath 0-13 : 0-12 Cork Billy Morgan [4]
1989 Billy Morgan Cork 0-17 : 1-11 Mayo John O'Mahony [5][4]
1990 Billy Morgan (2) Cork 0-11 : 0-09 Meath Seán Boylan [6]
1991 Pete McGrath Down 1-16 : 1-14 Meath Seán Boylan [7]
1992 Brian McEniff Donegal 0-18 : 0-14 Dublin Pat O'Neill [3]
1993 Eamonn Coleman Derry 1-14 : 2-08 Cork Billy Morgan [6]
1994 Pete McGrath (2) Down 1-12 : 0-13 Dublin Pat O'Neill [7][3]
1995 Pat O'Neill Dublin 1-10 : 0-12 Tyrone Art McRory, Eugene McKenna [3]
1996 Seán Boylan (3) Meath 2-09 : 1-11 Mayo John Maughan [8]
1997 Páidí Ó Sé Kerry 0-13 : 1-07 Mayo John Maughan [9]
1998 John O'Mahony Galway 1-14 : 1-10 Kildare Mick O'Dwyer [10][11]
1999 Seán Boylan (4) Meath 1-11 : 1-08 Cork Larry Tompkins [6]
2000 Páidí Ó Sé (2) Kerry 0-17 : 1-10 Galway John O'Mahony [9]
2001 John O'Mahony (2) Galway 0-17 : 0-08 Meath Seán Boylan [10]
2002 Joe Kernan Armagh 1-12 : 0-14 Kerry Páidí Ó Sé [12]
2003 Mickey Harte Tyrone 0-12 : 0-09 Armagh Joe Kernan [8]
2004 Jack O'Connor Kerry 1-20 : 2-09 Mayo John Maughan [13]
2005 Mickey Harte (2) Tyrone 1-16 : 2-10 Kerry Jack O'Connor [8][14]
2006 Jack O'Connor (2) Kerry 4-15 : 3-05 Mayo Mickey Moran [13]
2007 Pat O'Shea Kerry 3-13 : 1-09 Cork Billy Morgan
2008 Mickey Harte (3) Tyrone 1-15 : 0-14 Kerry Pat O'Shea [8]
2009 Jack O'Connor (3) Kerry 0-16 : 1-09 Cork Conor Counihan [13]
2010 Conor Counihan Cork 0-16 : 0-15 Down James McCartan Jnr
2011 Pat Gilroy Dublin 1-12 : 1-11 Kerry Jack O'Connor
2012 Jim McGuinness Donegal 2-11 : 0-13 Mayo James Horan
2013 Jim Gavin Dublin 2-12 : 1-14 Mayo James Horan [15]
2014 Éamonn Fitzmaurice Kerry 2-09 : 0-12 Donegal Jim McGuinness
2015 Jim Gavin (2) Dublin 0-12 : 0-9 Kerry Éamonn Fitzmaurice [15]
2016 Jim Gavin (3) Dublin 1-15 : 1-14 Mayo Stephen Rochford [15]
2017 Jim Gavin (4) Dublin 1-17 : 1-16 Mayo Stephen Rochford [15]
2018 Jim Gavin (5) Dublin 2-17 : 1-14 Tyrone Mickey Harte [15]
2019 Jim Gavin (6) Dublin 1-18 : 0-15 Kerry Peter Keane [15]
2020 Dessie Farrell Dublin 2-14 : 0-15 Mayo James Horan [16]
2021 Feargal Logan & Brian Dooher Tyrone 2-14 : 0-15 Mayo James Horan [17]
2022 Jack O'Connor (4) Kerry 0-20 : 0-16 Galway Pádraic Joyce [18]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b c "O'Dwyer set to be named Clare manager". RTÉ.ie. 31 October 2012.
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  4. ^ a b c "'It was totally unjust on Stephen Cluxton' - Billy Morgan on All Star controversy and a lifetime with Nemo Rangers - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. 30 September 2017. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Jubilee Team: Cork 1989". GAA website. 16 September 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
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  12. ^ "Armagh stun Kerry to claim first All-Ireland". RTÉ Sport. Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 22 September 2002. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  13. ^ a b c Cahill, Jackie. "'I couldn't put myself through that again, I found it difficult' - O'Connor". The42. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  14. ^ "O'Connor confirmed as Kerry boss". RTE.ie. 19 October 2005. Archived from the original on 19 October 2005. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
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  16. ^ Neville, Conor (19 December 2020). "Composed Dublin surge past Mayo to win six-in-a-row".
  17. ^ McMahon, James (11 September 2021). "Recap: Tyrone 2-14 Mayo 0-15".
  18. ^ McMahon, James (24 July 2022). "All-Ireland SFC final recap: Kerry 0-20 Galway 0-16". RTÉ Sport. Retrieved 24 July 2022.