Hurling managers

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 114. Chapters: Brian Cody, Gerald McCarthy, Justin McCarthy, Michael Keating, Jimmy Doyle, Anthony Daly, Denis Walsh, Jimmy Barry-Murphy, Liam Sheedy, Ger Loughnane, Joe Dooley, Tom Cashman, Gary Kirby, Conor Hayes, Noel Skehan, Ger O'Loughlin, Ciarán Carey, Colm Bonnar, Éamonn Cregan, Davy Fitzgerald, Johnny Crowley, Pat Fleury, Dónal O'Grady, Nicky English, Terence McNaughton, Tommy Quaid, Johnny Dooley, Brendan Fennelly, Richie Bennis, Tony Considine, John Meyler, Dinny Cahill, John McIntyre, Mike McNamara, Ken Hogan, Tony Wall, Tomás Mulcahy, Kevin Martin, List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winning managers, John Allen, Con Roche, Pat Heffernan, John Horgan, Ger FitzGerald, Noel Lane, Richard Stakelum, Andy Comerford, Joachim Kelly, Johnny Clifford, Bertie Óg Murphy, Liam Griffin, Aidan Fogarty, Pad Joe Whelahan, Pádraig Horan, Michael Duignan, Michael Walsh, John Considine, Jackie Power, Len Gaynor, Nickey Brennan, Joe Quaid, Tommy Naughton, Joe McKenna, John Henderson, Michael Bond, Michael Doyle, Maurice Leahy, Bernie O'Connor, Séamus Murphy, Tony Dempsey, Phil Bennis, Anthony Cunningham, Tom Ryan, Cyril Farrell, Bertie Troy, Noel Drumgoole, Séamus Durack, Adrian Ronan, Michael O'Brien, Michael Phelan, John Minogue, Tom Fogarty, Kevin Ryan, Michael Conneely, Kevin Fennelly, Cyril Lyons, Michael Gleeson, Mattie Murphy, Damien Fox, Mossie Carroll, Niall Rigney, Christy Keogh, Dominic McKinley, Pat Dwyer, Eoin Dunphy, Tim Murphy, Gary O'Kane, Jim Barry, List of Kilkenny managers, Eddie Murphy, Jarlath Cloonan, Seán Lane. Excerpt: Brian Cody (born on 12 July 1954 in Sheestown, County Kilkenny) is an Irish hurling manager and former player, currently managing the Kilkenny senior inter-county team, where he has been in charge since 1998. Cody is regarded as one of the greatest managers of the modern game. As a player Cody enjoyed a successful career at club level with James Stephens and at inter-county level with Kilkenny. He established himself as a full-back with Kilkenny throughout the 1970s and 1980s and collected three All-Ireland titles, four Leinster titles and two National Hurling League titles. Cody previously coached in all grades at club level with James Stephens before making the leap to inter-county management in November 1998 when he was appointed manager of Kilkenny. Currently in his twelfth season with Kilkenny, Cody is the second-longest serving coach in their history after Fr. Tommy Maher, while his tenure is the longest of all the current championship managers. During this time, Cody has guided Kilkenny to seven All-Ireland titles, ten Leinster titles and four National League titles. The team's dominance of the Leinster Championship is unparalleled in the modern era, to such an extent that Kilkenny have only lost one provincial game since Cody's inaugural season in 1999. Brian Cody was born in Sheestown, four miles outside Kilkenny city in 1954. The son of Thomastown natives Bill Cody and the former Annie Hoyne, he was born into a family that was heavily involved in the Gaelic Athletic Association. Hurling in particular was hugely important for Cody's father. He was a selector with both the Kilkenny minor and senior teams before later serving as chairman of the James Stephens club for seventeen years. His tenure coincided with the club's most successful period ever. In her youth Cody's mother played camogie with her local team. Cody was educated at his local national school wher...