David Power (Gaelic football manager)
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Irish name | Daithí de Paor | ||||
Sport | Gaelic football | ||||
Born | 1983 (age 40–41) Kilsheelan, County Tipperary, Ireland | ||||
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David Power (born 1983) is an Irish Gaelic football manager. He managed the Tipperary county team from 2019, having previously managed Wexford. In 2020, he led Tipperary to a first Munster Senior Football Championship title for 85 years.
Career
[edit]Born in Kilsheelan, County Tipperary, Power played for the Kilsheelan–Kilcash club.
Power went on to become involved in team management and coaching. An All-Ireland-winning manager with Tipperary in the minor grade, he has also taken charge of the Tipperary under-21 and junior teams.[1]
Power was the manager of the senior Wexford county team from 2014 until 2016.[2][3]
In September 2019, Power was named as the new manager of the Tipperary senior football team on a two-year term.[4][5]
On 22 November 2020, he managed Tipperary to their first Munster Senior Football Championship title for 85 years.[6][7][8][9]
In the 2020 All-Ireland SFC semi-final on 6 December, Tipperary again faced Mayo. In foggy conditions and losing by 16 points at half-time they eventually lost the game by a scoreline of 5–20 to 3–13.[10][11][12][13]
In September 2021, Power was given a new three-year term in charge of the Tipperary senior football team.[14] He resigned in June 2023,[15] leaving the role vacant until Paul Kelly was appointed in late 2023.[16]
Honours
[edit]Manager
[edit]- Tipperary
- All-Ireland Minor Football Championship (1): 2011
- Munster Minor Football Championship (2): 2011, 2012
- Munster Senior Football Championship (1): 2020
References
[edit]- ^ "Kilsheelan hero David Power honoured as Tipperary Person of the Year". Nationalist. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2015.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "Power to take Wexford hot-seat as Glynn takes break". Irish Independent. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ^ "Tipperary native Power steps down as Wexford senior football boss after two seasons in charge". The42.ie. 3 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ "Power named as new Tipperary football boss". RTÉ. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "2011 All-Ireland minor winning manager takes over Tipp senior footballers". The42.ie. 24 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Tipperary end 85 year wait to win Munster Crown". RTÉ. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
- ^ "David Power: 'Emotional, very emotional, today Tipperary needed to win a senior title'". The42.ie. 22 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "TIPPERARY 0–17 CORK 0–14". GAA.ie. 23 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "The Big Interview — David Power". GAA.ie. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "All-Ireland SFC semi-final: Mayo 5–20 Tipperary 3–13 (FT)". The Irish Times. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "MAYO 5–20 TIPPERARY 3–13". GAA.ie. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "All-Ireland semi-final recap: Mayo 5–20 Tipperary 3–13". RTÉ. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Mayo 5–20 Tipperary 3–13: as it happened". The42.ie. 6 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
- ^ "Munster winning boss to stay with Tipp footballers for new three-year term". The42.ie. 20 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ "David Power steps down as Tipperary senior manager". 6 June 2023.
- ^ "Paul Kelly set to be announced as new Tipperary manager". 31 October 2023.