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'''Eamonn Coleman''' (1947 or 1948 – 11 June 2007) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[Gaelic football]]er and later [[Manager (Gaelic games)|manager]].
'''Eamonn Coleman''' (1947 or 1948 – 11 June 2007) was a [[Gaelic football]] [[Manager (Gaelic games)|manager]] who had previously played for the [[Ballymaguigan GAC|Ballymaguigan]] club and the [[Derry county football team|Derry county team]].


He had two separate stints as manager of the senior [[Derry county football team|Derry county team]], and his chief success was guiding the county to the victory in the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1993|1993 All-Ireland Championship]] – Derry's first ever [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] title. He also had spells as manager of the [[Armagh county football team|Armagh]], [[Cavan county football team|Cavan]] and [[Longford county football team|Longford]] county teams, as well as various club sides.
He had two separate stints as manager of the senior Derry county team, and his chief success was guiding the county to the victory in the [[1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|1993 All-Ireland Championship]] – Derry's first ever [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] title. He also had spells as manager of the [[Armagh county football team|Armagh]], [[Cavan county football team|Cavan]] and [[Longford county football team|Longford]] county teams, as well as various club sides.

Before moving into management he has an accomplished playing career with Derry and his club team [[Ballymaguigan GAC|Ballymaguigan]].


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
He was born in the small [[County Londonderry]] [[townland]] of [[Ballymaguigan]] on the western shores of [[Lough Neagh]] in 1947<ref name="GL">{{cite news |first=Alan |last=Rodgers |title=One in a million |work=Gaelic Life |pages=4–5 |date=15 June 2007 }}</ref> or 1948. His son [[Gary Coleman (Gaelic footballer)|Gary]], was also a talented footballer and was left half back on the victorious 1993 Derry team; also winning an [[GAA All Stars Awards|All Star]] for his performances that year.
He was born in the small [[County Londonderry]] [[townland]] of [[Ballymaguigan]] in [[Northern Ireland]], on the western shores of [[Lough Neagh]] in 1947<ref name="GL">{{cite news|first=Alan|last=Rodgers|title=One in a million|work=[[Gaelic Life]]|pages=4–5|date=15 June 2007}}</ref> or 1948. His son [[Gary Coleman (Gaelic footballer)|Gary]], was also a talented footballer and was left half back on the victorious 1993 Derry team; also winning an [[GAA All Stars Awards|All Star]] for his performances that year.


==Playing career==
==Playing career==

===Inter-county===
===Inter-county===
Coleman was part of the [[Derry GAA|Derry]] [[List of Gaelic Games terminology#M|minor]] team that won the [[Ulster Minor Football Championship|Ulster Minor]] and [[All-Ireland Minor Football Championship|All-Ireland Minor Championship]]s in 1965,<ref name="GL"/> beating [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] and [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]] in the respective finals.
Coleman was part of the [[Derry GAA|Derry]] [[List of Gaelic Games terminology#M|minor]] team that won the [[Ulster Minor Football Championship|Ulster Minor]] and [[All-Ireland Minor Football Championship|All-Ireland Minor Championship]]s in 1965,<ref name="GL"/> beating [[Cavan GAA|Cavan]] and [[Kerry GAA|Kerry]] in the respective finals.
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==Managerial career==
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He took over as Derry senior manager in November 1990.<ref name="GL"/> In November 1990 Derry were managerless and the Derry County Board rang Coleman and asked him to return home to manage Derry. When he took on the Derry job, the team was languishing in Division 3 of the [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League]].<ref name="gaelic_great"/> After consecutive promotions, he achieved his first national trophy as Derry senior manager by winning the NFL in 1992.<ref name="GL"/><ref>[http://www.rte.ie/sport/2007/0611/colemane.html RTE]</ref> [[Anthony Tohill]] scored a late winning goal for Derry in a two-point victory over neighbours [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]].
He took over as Derry senior manager in November 1990.<ref name="GL"/> In November 1990 Derry were managerless and the Derry County Board rang Coleman and asked him to return home to manage Derry. When he took on the Derry job, the team was languishing in Division 3 of the [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League]].<ref name="gaelic_great"/> After consecutive promotions, he achieved his first national trophy as Derry senior manager by winning the NFL in 1992.<ref name="GL"/><ref>[http://www.rte.ie/sport/2007/0611/colemane.html RTE]</ref> [[Anthony Tohill]] scored a late winning goal for Derry in a two-point victory over neighbours [[Tyrone GAA|Tyrone]].


The following year Coleman later guided Derry to their best ever year, winning both Ulster and All-Ireland Championships.<ref name="GL"/> After beating [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] in the [[Ulster Senior Football Championship]] final, he led Derry to success in the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1993|1993 All-Ireland Championship]], beating [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] in the semi-final and [[Cork GAA|Cork]] in the final 1–14 to 2–08.<ref>[https://archive.is/20120802040015/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/sport/gaelic-football/article2647136.ece ''Belfast Telegraph'' "Former Derry manager Coleman dies after long illness" June 12 2007]</ref> [[Fergal McCusker|Fergal P. McCusker]] who was on the All-Ireland winning side said "The Derry team would not have been brought together without his skills. He stitched a bunch of guys together and we would have gone through brick walls. We'd have done anything for him. He was the man that inspired you to go that extra yard".<ref name="irish_news"/>
The following year Coleman later guided Derry to their best ever year, winning both Ulster and All-Ireland Championships.<ref name="GL"/> After beating [[Donegal GAA|Donegal]] in the [[Ulster Senior Football Championship]] final, he led Derry to success in the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 1993|1993 All-Ireland Championship]], beating [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] in the semi-final and [[Cork GAA|Cork]] in the final 1–14 to 2–08.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120802040015/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/sport/gaelic-football/article2647136.ece ''Belfast Telegraph'' "Former Derry manager Coleman dies after long illness" June 12 2007]</ref> [[Fergal McCusker|Fergal P. McCusker]] who was on the All-Ireland winning side said "The Derry team would not have been brought together without his skills. He stitched a bunch of guys together and we would have gone through brick walls. We'd have done anything for him. He was the man that inspired you to go that extra yard".<ref name="irish_news"/>


Despite his success with Derry in 1993, he was removed as the manager in 1994 after a loss against [[Down GAA|Down]], a game which was described by many as the greatest match of all time.<ref name ="gaelic_great">{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/6745795.stm | work=BBC News | first=John | last=Haughey | title=Gaelic great | date=12 June 2007}}</ref> GAA journalist John Haughey described the Derry Board's decision to sack Coleman as "both disgraceful and shortsighted".<ref name="gaelic_great"/> Many claim if he had been allowed to remain, Derry won have won at least one more All-Ireland in the mid-1990s.<ref name="gaelic_great"/> He was replaced by [[Mickey Moran]], who had been his assistant.
Despite his success with Derry in 1993, he was removed as the manager in 1994 after a loss against [[Down GAA|Down]], a game which was described by many as the greatest match of all time.<ref name ="gaelic_great">{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/northern_ireland/gaelic_games/6745795.stm | work=BBC News | first=John | last=Haughey | title=Gaelic great | date=12 June 2007}}</ref> GAA journalist John Haughey described the Derry Board's decision to sack Coleman as "both disgraceful and shortsighted".<ref name="gaelic_great"/> Many claim if he had been allowed to remain, Derry won have won at least one more All-Ireland in the mid-1990s.<ref name="gaelic_great"/> He was replaced by [[Mickey Moran]], who had been his assistant.


Following a brief flirtation with [[Longford GAA|Longford]] in the mid-1990s, Coleman drifted into club management in [[County Cavan]].
He managed the [[Longford GAA|Longford]] team from August 1995 until May 1997<ref>{{cite web |title=Past Longford Managers |url=https://longfordgaelicstats.ie/managers/ |website=Longford Gaelic Stats}}</ref> and thereafter Coleman drifted into club management in [[County Cavan]].


Alongside [[Adrian McGuckin]], Coleman replaced former [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] footballer [[Brian Mullins]] as Derry manager in 1999<ref name="gaelic_great"/> and steered Derry to another National League title in 2000.<ref name="gaelic_great"/><ref name="news.bbc.co.uk"/> In 2001 Derry reached the All-Ireland semi-final but were beaten by [[Galway GAA|Galway]].<ref name="gaelic_great"/> Coleman won Personality of the Year at the 2001 Ulster GAA Writer's Association Awards,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulstergaawriters.com/2001a.htm |title=Ulster GAA Writer's Association Awards – 2001 |accessdate=11 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617072401/http://www.ulstergaawriters.com/2001a.htm |archivedate=17 June 2006 }}</ref> having previously won the award in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulstergaawriters.com/1993a.htm |title=Ulster GAA Writer's Association Awards – 1993 |accessdate=11 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051226220225/http://ulstergaawriters.com/1993a.htm |archivedate=26 December 2005 }}</ref> He stood down as Derry manager in 2002.<ref name="gaelic_great"/>
Alongside [[Adrian McGuckin]], Coleman replaced former [[Dublin GAA|Dublin]] footballer [[Brian Mullins]] as Derry manager in 1999<ref name="gaelic_great"/> and steered Derry to another National League title in 2000.<ref name="gaelic_great"/><ref name="news.bbc.co.uk"/> In 2001 Derry reached the All-Ireland semi-final but were beaten by [[Galway GAA|Galway]].<ref name="gaelic_great"/> Coleman won Personality of the Year at the 2001 Ulster GAA Writer's Association Awards,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulstergaawriters.com/2001a.htm |title=Ulster GAA Writer's Association Awards – 2001 |accessdate=11 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617072401/http://www.ulstergaawriters.com/2001a.htm |archivedate=17 June 2006 }}</ref> having previously won the award in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ulstergaawriters.com/1993a.htm |title=Ulster GAA Writer's Association Awards – 1993 |accessdate=11 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20051226220225/http://ulstergaawriters.com/1993a.htm |archivedate=26 December 2005 }}</ref> He stood down as Derry manager in 2002.<ref name="gaelic_great"/>
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Eamonn Coleman
Personal information
Sport Gaelic football
Position Forward
Born 1947
Ballymaguigan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Died (2007-06-11)11 June 2007
Occupation Builder
Club(s)
Years Club
1962–19xx
19xx–198x
197x–198x
Ballymaguigan
Ballinderry
Athlone
Club titles
Derry titles 2
Westmeath SFC 2
Ulster titles 0/1?
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1970s
Derry
Inter-county titles
Ulster titles 1

Eamonn Coleman (1947 or 1948 – 11 June 2007) was a Gaelic football manager who had previously played for the Ballymaguigan club and the Derry county team.

He had two separate stints as manager of the senior Derry county team, and his chief success was guiding the county to the victory in the 1993 All-Ireland Championship – Derry's first ever All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title. He also had spells as manager of the Armagh, Cavan and Longford county teams, as well as various club sides.

Personal life

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He was born in the small County Londonderry townland of Ballymaguigan in Northern Ireland, on the western shores of Lough Neagh in 1947[1] or 1948. His son Gary, was also a talented footballer and was left half back on the victorious 1993 Derry team; also winning an All Star for his performances that year.

Playing career

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Inter-county

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Coleman was part of the Derry minor team that won the Ulster Minor and All-Ireland Minor Championships in 1965,[1] beating Cavan and Kerry in the respective finals.

He won an Ulster Under 21 Championship medal with Derry under-21s in 1967.[1] The following year the team defended their Ulster Championship and went on to win the All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship;[1] beating Offaly in the final.

Coleman soon progressed into the senior team and in 1970 helped Derry win the Dr McKenna Cup and Ulster Senior Football Championship.[1] He won a second McKenna Cup medal in 1971.[1] The same side won the Wembley Tournament in both these years.

Club

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At underage level Coleman competed for Ballinderry as there was no underage teams in Ballymaguigan.[2] He was first asked into the Ballymaguigan senior side at just 14 years of age in 1962. That year as a 14/15-year-old he won the Derry Senior Football Championship with the club,[1] scoring 1–2 in the final replay against Castledawson. Ballymaguigan also won that year's Derry League title. He later helped the club to win Derry Junior and Derry Intermediate Championships in 1969 and 1971.[1]

Coleman played for Ballinderry in the early 1980s and won a second Derry Championship medal in 1981.[1]

While working in County Westmeath, Coleman lined out for Athlone, with whom he won two Westmeath Senior Football Championships in 1979 and 1982.[1]

Managerial career

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Club management
Years Club
Late 1970s
Late 1980s
Late 1980s
1990s & Early 2000s
Kildress
UUJ
Round Towers
Gowna
Inter-county management
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Early 1980s
Mid 1980s
1991–1994
1999–2002
1996[1]
Mid 2000s
Derry Minors
Derry U-21s
Derry

Longford
Cavan / Cavan U-21s
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County League Province All-Ireland
Derry Minors
Derry U-21s
Derry
?
n/a
2
2
1
1
1
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1

Inter-county

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In 1983 he led the Derry minor side to success in the Ulster Minor and All-Ireland Minor Football Championships.[1] Four of this team would be in his senior winning panel ten years later. They defended the Ulster title with Coleman at the helm in 1984.[1]

He led Derry under 21s to victory in the 1985 Ulster Under-21 Football Championship.[1] In 1989 he became Armagh manager alongside Fr. Sean Hegarty.[1]

He took over as Derry senior manager in November 1990.[1] In November 1990 Derry were managerless and the Derry County Board rang Coleman and asked him to return home to manage Derry. When he took on the Derry job, the team was languishing in Division 3 of the National Football League.[2] After consecutive promotions, he achieved his first national trophy as Derry senior manager by winning the NFL in 1992.[1][3] Anthony Tohill scored a late winning goal for Derry in a two-point victory over neighbours Tyrone.

The following year Coleman later guided Derry to their best ever year, winning both Ulster and All-Ireland Championships.[1] After beating Donegal in the Ulster Senior Football Championship final, he led Derry to success in the 1993 All-Ireland Championship, beating Dublin in the semi-final and Cork in the final 1–14 to 2–08.[4] Fergal P. McCusker who was on the All-Ireland winning side said "The Derry team would not have been brought together without his skills. He stitched a bunch of guys together and we would have gone through brick walls. We'd have done anything for him. He was the man that inspired you to go that extra yard".[5]

Despite his success with Derry in 1993, he was removed as the manager in 1994 after a loss against Down, a game which was described by many as the greatest match of all time.[2] GAA journalist John Haughey described the Derry Board's decision to sack Coleman as "both disgraceful and shortsighted".[2] Many claim if he had been allowed to remain, Derry won have won at least one more All-Ireland in the mid-1990s.[2] He was replaced by Mickey Moran, who had been his assistant.

He managed the Longford team from August 1995 until May 1997[6] and thereafter Coleman drifted into club management in County Cavan.

Alongside Adrian McGuckin, Coleman replaced former Dublin footballer Brian Mullins as Derry manager in 1999[2] and steered Derry to another National League title in 2000.[2][7] In 2001 Derry reached the All-Ireland semi-final but were beaten by Galway.[2] Coleman won Personality of the Year at the 2001 Ulster GAA Writer's Association Awards,[8] having previously won the award in 1993.[9] He stood down as Derry manager in 2002.[2]

In 2003 Coleman became manager of Cavan,[2] but was forced to stand down in 2005, after becoming ill.[2][7] In 2005 he led Cavan under 21s to the Ulster Under 21 Championship final,[10] but they were defeated by Down.

Despite going through chemotherapy at the time, Coleman came into the Derry dressing room before Derry's opening game of the 2006 Championship against reigning All-Ireland champions Tyrone. Joe Brolly said "He delivered a thundering oration and with all the Derry boys, the hairs were standing up on the back of the necks. It was a genuinely motivational speech and to think that just a year on, he's gone. It's very distressing."[11] Derry went on to beat Tyrone comfortably.

Club

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Coleman was manager of the Kildress team that won the 1978 Tyrone Intermediate Football Championship.[1]

He emigrated to England to look for work in the late 1980s. He managed the Round Tower's club that won the London Senior Football Championship in 1987.[1]

Coleman led Cavan club side Gowna to five Cavan Senior Football Championship titles – 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2002.[1][12]

College

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In the late 1980s Coleman was a key figure in the University of Ulster, Jordanstown (UUJ) Sigerson Cup breakthrough team. Along with Belfast man Charlie Sweeney, "wee Eamonn" steered Jordanstown to inter-varsity wins in 1986[1] and 1987.[1][7] The team featured Dermot McNicholl and Enda Gormley, who would both be part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland winning side.

Death

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Eamonn Coleman died on 11 June 2007[2] after a long battle with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, aged 59.

1958 Texaco Footballer of the Year Jim McKeever described Coleman as a "very significant figure in football in Ireland". [13] Monaghan manager Martin McElkennon, who was coach with Coleman with Cavan and in his second term at Derry said "Eamonn Coleman was a one-off. I would have trusted him with my life".[5]

Memorial match

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A memorial match between the 1993 Derry team and a rest of Ireland select was organised for 7 June 2008 in St. Trea's Ballymaguigan. It was organised to honour Coleman's memory and raise money for five charities (Marie Curie Cancer Care, Foyle Hospice, SMA Fathers, GOAL and Adoption UK[14]). A post-match dinner was also held to raise money with 64 tables of ten, each costing £1,000.[15] A total of £52,500 was raised.[14] Chairman of the Eamonn Coleman Memorial Fund Committee was Eamonn's son Gary.[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Rodgers, Alan (15 June 2007). "One in a million". Gaelic Life. pp. 4–5.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Haughey, John (12 June 2007). "Gaelic great". BBC News.
  3. ^ RTE
  4. ^ Belfast Telegraph "Former Derry manager Coleman dies after long illness" June 12 2007
  5. ^ a b "A true Derry legend, Brendan Crossan and Paddy Heaney, The Irish News, 12 June 2007, p. 52
  6. ^ "Past Longford Managers". Longford Gaelic Stats.
  7. ^ a b c "Former Derry manager Coleman dies". BBC News. 11 June 2007.
  8. ^ "Ulster GAA Writer's Association Awards – 2001". Archived from the original on 17 June 2006. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
  9. ^ "Ulster GAA Writer's Association Awards – 1993". Archived from the original on 26 December 2005. Retrieved 11 September 2007.
  10. ^ Archer, Kenny (1 April 2005). "New look Orchard jump into unknown". The Irish News. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
  11. ^ "Brolly mourns ex-manager Coleman". BBC News. 12 June 2007.
  12. ^ "Playing experience paid off to give Derry GAA its finest hour, Séamus McKinney, The Irish News, 12 June 2007, p. 5
  13. ^ "Derry gaels won't forget genuine article Coleman, Paddy Heaney, The Irish News, June 19, 2007, p. 47
  14. ^ a b c "Derry Guestbook". Official Derry GAA website. 3 November 2008. Retrieved 3 November 2008.
  15. ^ Crowe, Dermot (1 June 2008). "Coleman's enduring legacy". Irish Independent. Retrieved 2 June 2008.
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Preceded by All-Ireland-winning football manager
1993
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Fr. Seán Hegarty
Derry Senior Football Manager
1991–1994
Succeeded by
Preceded by Derry Senior Football Manager
1999–2002
Succeeded by