Brian Cody

Brian Cody
Cody in 2015
Personal information
Irish name Briain Mac Óda
Sport Hurling
Position Full-back, Wing-back, Full-Forward
Born (1954-07-12) 12 July 1954 (age 70)
Sheestown, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Occupation Retired primary school principal
Club(s)
Years Club
James Stephens
Club titles
Kilkenny titles 3
Leinster titles 2
All-Ireland Titles 2
Inter-county(ies)*
Years County Apps (scores)
1973–1986
Kilkenny 24 (4–9)
Inter-county titles
Leinster titles 4
All-Irelands 4
NHL 2
All Stars 2
*Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 13:55, 12 January 2013.
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Inter-county management
Years Team
1998–2022 Kilkenny
Inter-county titles
County League Province All-Ireland
Kilkenny 10 18 11

Brian Cody (born 12 July 1954) is an Irish former hurling manager and player and retired school principal. He managed the senior Kilkenny county team between 1998 and 2022, becoming the county's longest-serving manager and most successful in terms of major titles won. Cody is regarded as the greatest manager in the history of the game.[1][2][3][4]

Cody was appointed manager of the Kilkenny senior team on 16 November 1998 and led Kilkenny through a period of unprecedented provincial and national dominance, winning 43 major honours. These include eleven All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship titles, including a record-equalling four-in-a-row between 2006 and 2009, seventeen Leinster Senior Hurling Championship titles in twenty three seasons, ten National Hurling League titles (among which were five league-championship doubles) and seven Walsh Cups.[5] He left at the end of the 2022 season.

  1. ^ "Apprentice V Master". Irish Independent. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
  2. ^ Fogarty, John (12 July 2014). "60 not out". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. ^ Ó Sé, Darragh (13 August 2014). "Kilkenny's incredible drive the ultimate tribute to Brian Cody's stewardship". Irish Times. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Obsessed Cody is hurling's greatest manager, says English". Irish Examiner. 4 September 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  5. ^ Cantwell, Fergal (5 September 2014). "Kilkenny In Numbers – One To Ten of The Cats' Dominance". Pundit Arena. Retrieved 4 August 2015.