Jack Cooney
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Jack Cooney (born 1971) is a Gaelic football manager and former player for the Westmeath county team. He was manager of the Westmeath county team between 2018 and 2022.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Cooney began playing for Westmeath when he was 17 years of age, which was in 1988, and after playing became involved as a selector, including with the Páidí Ó Sé-led 2004 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final-winning team.[1]
He stopped playing for Westmeath in 2000, when he was 29 years of age.[2]
He played for Westmeath for twelve years, coaching the team for six years under the management of Páidí Ó Sé, Tomás Ó Flatharta and Luke Dempsey before the county board gave him the senior managerial job.[3]
Managerial career
[edit | edit source]Cooney managed Coralstown/Kinnegad to the 2011 Westmeath Intermediate Football Championship title.[4]
He first applied for the Westmeath senior managerial position in 2014.[5] A selector under Páidí Ó Sé, Cooney's appointment as Westmeath senior manager was ratified in September 2018, making him the first Westmeath native to fill the role since 1992.[6]
He nearly led Westmeath to a Leinster final in 2021 but Kildare prevented this.[7]
On 23 September 2021, he was ratified for a further two-year term ahead of the 2022 season.[8] However, Cooney resigned unexpectedly in August 2022 to take up a player development role at national level within the GAA.[9]
Cooney's club management experience before the Westmeath senior appointment involved managerial roles with Rhode, Newbridge and his home club Coralstown/Kinnegad.[6]
Cooney is a former Donegal selector too and is married to a woman from Kilcar.[10]
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