| 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]
'The best coach I've worked under was also the best manager (Mickey Moran)', [Conan] Doherty continued.