Manager (Gaelic games)

Mick O'Dwyer managed Kerry to 8 All-Ireland SFCs between 1975 and 1986.
Brian Cody managed Kilkenny to 11 All-Ireland SHCs between 2000 and 2015.

In Gaelic games, a manager or (in Irish) bainisteoir is involved in the direction and instruction of the on-field operations of a team.[1][2] The role entails the application of sport tactics and strategies during the game itself, and usually entails substitution of players and other such actions as needed. At games, the manager may sometimes wear a bib with the word "manager" or "bainisteoir" adorning it.[2][3] Many managers were former players themselves, and are assisted in coaching the team by a group of selectors (in Irish roghnóirí).[4]

  1. ^ "English–Irish Dictionary (de Bhaldraithe): manager". www.teanglann.ie.
  2. ^ a b Neville, Steve (18 April 2018). "Harry Redknapp has a new job in Ireland". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018. As part of a new mini-series, AIB's The Toughest Rivalry, Redknapp will be donning the bainisteoir's bib with Castlehaven GAA.
  3. ^ Farrell, Sinead (25 August 2018). "'Squaring up' to Jim Gavin as a player and stepping back to allow a daughter 'find her own self'". Archived from the original on 25 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2018. The Dublin manager has attracted some criticism in recent years for his expressionless demeanour on the sideline while on duty in the Bainisteoir bib.
  4. ^ "English–Irish Dictionary (de Bhaldraithe): selector". www.teanglann.ie.