Mickey Moran

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Mickey Moran
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Forward / Back
Born Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Occupation Teacher
Club(s)
Years Club
19??–19??
 Glen
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1970–1982
 Derry
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 3
All-Irelands 0
NFL 0
All Stars 0

Mickey Moran is a former Gaelic footballer and manager-coach,[1] who has been manager of Kilcoo since 2019, with a background as an inter-county manager who most recently managed the Leitrim county team. He played at senior level for the Derry county team in the 1970s and early 1980s, and played his club football for Watty Graham's Glen. He is the first man to manage five different counties (two more men, Mick O'Dwyer and John Maughan, have since followed).[2]

Moran is known to be one of the best trainers / coaches in the game[3] and was part of the managerial backroom staff of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship-winning team, as coach of the side.

In his managerial career he has had three stints managing Derry and has also managed Sligo, Donegal, Mayo and Leitrim.[4] He has also been in charge of various club sides and the Jordanstown university team. On 26 November 2011, he retired as Leitrim manager on health grounds.[5]

His son Conleth was on the Derry minor side that won the 2002 Ulster Minor and All-Ireland Minor Championships.[6]

  1. ^ "Stevie McDonnell superbly explains differences between GAA coaches and managers". Joe. 'The best coach I've worked under was also the best manager (Mickey Moran)', [Conan] Doherty continued.
  2. ^ Keys, Colm (29 August 2018). "Maughan completes 'slam' with Offaly". Irish Independent. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Moran believes in big picture". BBC Sport Online. 7 May 2001. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
  4. ^ "Moran named as new Leitrim boss". BBC Sport Online. 25 August 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2008.
  5. ^ "Leitrim boss Moran steps down for health reasons". The Irish Times.
  6. ^ "Derry Football Roll of Honour". Official Derry GAA website. Retrieved 5 September 2008.