List of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winning managers
This is a list of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winning managers. The term manager (or coach) only came into widespread use in the 1970s. Up until then hurling teams were usually run by selection panels. Sometimes they contained up to ten members, resulting in self-interest coming to the fore more often than not. All this changed with the appointment of a strong manager, surrounded by a small group of selectors.
Over the last thirty years Brian Cody of Kilkenny leads the way in terms of All-Ireland wins. He has guided his native county to seven championship titles in ten years. This culminated in the capturing of a famous four-in-a-row between 2006 and 2009. This feat has only been equaled once before, when Cork won four in a row from 1941 to 1944, but this was in a time when selection panels rather than individual managers looked after teams, making Cody's feat unequaled in the modern era.
Offaly is the only county that has won all of its All-Ireland titles under the management of a non-native. In 1981 and 1985 Dermot Healy, a native of Kilkenny, became the first ‘outsider’ manager when he guided Offaly to the All-Ireland titles. In 1994 Éamonn Cregan steered the county to victory over his native Limerick in the All-Ireland final. Four years later in 1998 Michael Bond took over from Michael ‘Babs’ Keating, another non-native, and guided Offaly to their fourth All-Ireland championship win.
By year
| Date |
Championship |
Winning manager(s) |
Team |
Opponent |
Losing manager |
Score |
Site |
| 7 September |
1980 |
Cyril Farrell |
Galway |
Limerick |
Noel Drumgoole |
2–15 : 3–9 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 6 September |
1981 |
Dermot Healy |
Offaly |
Galway |
Cyril Farrell |
2–12 : 0–15 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 5 September |
1982 |
Pat Henderson (2) |
Kilkenny |
Cork |
Gerald McCarthy |
3–18 : 1–13 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 4 September |
1983 |
Pat Henderson (3) |
Kilkenny |
Cork |
Johnny Clifford |
2–14 : 2–12 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 2 September |
1984 |
Justin McCarthy
Fr. Michael O'Brien |
Cork |
Offaly |
Dermot Healy |
3–16 : 1–12 |
Semple Stadium, Thurles |
| 1 September |
1985 |
Dermot Healy (2) |
Offaly |
Galway |
Cyril Farrell |
2–11 : 1–12 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 6 September |
1986 |
Johnny Clifford |
Cork |
Galway |
Cyril Farrell |
4–13 : 2–15 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 5 September |
1987 |
Cyril Farrell (2) |
Galway |
Kilkenny |
Pat Henderson |
1–12 : 0–9 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 4 September |
1988 |
Cyril Farrell (3) |
Galway |
Tipperary |
Michael 'Babs' Keating |
1–15 : 0–14 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 3 September |
1989 |
Michael 'Babs' Keating |
Tipperary |
Antrim |
Jim Nelson |
4–24 : 3–9 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 2 September |
1990 |
Fr. Michael O'Brien (2) |
Cork |
Galway |
Cyril Farrell |
5–15 : 2–21 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 1 September |
1991 |
Michael 'Babs' Keating (2) |
Tipperary |
Kilkenny |
Ollie Walsh |
1–16 : 0–15 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 6 September |
1992 |
Ollie Walsh |
Kilkenny |
Cork |
Fr. Michael O'Brien |
3–10 : 1–12 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 5 September |
1993 |
Ollie Walsh (2) |
Kilkenny |
Galway |
Cyril Farrell |
2–17 : 1–15 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 4 September |
1994 |
Éamonn Cregan |
Offaly |
Limerick |
Tom Ryan |
3–16 : 2–13 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 3 September |
1995 |
Ger Loughnane |
Clare |
Offaly |
Éamonn Cregan |
1–13 : 2–8 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 1 September |
1996 |
Liam Griffin |
Wexford |
Limerick |
Tom Ryan |
1–13 : 0–14 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
|
1997 |
Ger Loughnane (2) |
Clare |
Tipperary |
Len Gaynor |
0–20 : 2–13 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
|
1998 |
Michael Bond |
Offaly |
Kilkenny |
Liam Fennelly |
2–16 : 1–13 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
|
1999 |
Jimmy Barry-Murphy |
Cork |
Kilkenny |
Brian Cody |
0–13 : 0–12 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
|
2000 |
Brian Cody |
Kilkenny |
Offaly |
Pat Fleury |
5–15 : 1–14 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 9 September |
2001 |
Nicky English |
Tipperary |
Galway |
Noel Lane |
2–18 : 2–15 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 8 September |
2002 |
Brian Cody (2) |
Kilkenny |
Clare |
Cyril Lyons |
2–20 : 0–19 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
|
2003 |
Brian Cody (3) |
Kilkenny |
Cork |
Donal O'Grady |
1–14 : 1–11 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
|
2004 |
Donal O'Grady |
Cork |
Kilkenny |
Brian Cody |
0–17 : 0–9 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
|
2005 |
John Allen |
Cork |
Galway |
Conor Hayes |
1–21 : 1–16 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 3 September |
2006 |
Brian Cody (4) |
Kilkenny |
Cork |
John Allen |
1–16 : 1–13 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 2 September |
2007 |
Brian Cody (5) |
Kilkenny |
Limerick |
Richie Bennis |
2–19 : 1–15 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 7 September |
2008 |
Brian Cody (6) |
Kilkenny |
Waterford |
Davy FitzGerald |
3–30 : 1–13 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 6 September |
2009 |
Brian Cody (7) |
Kilkenny |
Tipperary |
Liam Sheedy |
2–22 : 0–23 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 5 September |
2010 |
Liam Sheedy |
Tipperary |
Kilkenny |
Brian Cody |
4–17 : 1–18 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 4 September |
2011 |
Brian Cody (8) |
Kilkenny |
Tipperary |
Declan Ryan |
2–17 : 1–16 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 30 September (Replay) |
2012 |
Brian Cody (9) |
Kilkenny |
Galway |
Anthony Cunningham |
3–22 : 3–11 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 28 September (Replay) |
2013 |
Davy Fitzgerald |
Clare |
Cork |
Jimmy Barry-Murphy |
5–16 : 3–16 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 27 September (Replay) |
2014 |
Brian Cody (10) |
Kilkenny |
Tipperary |
Eamon O'Shea |
2–17 : 2–14 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 6 September |
2015 |
Brian Cody (11) |
Kilkenny |
Galway |
Anthony Cunningham |
1–22 : 1–18 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
| 4 September |
2016 |
Michael Ryan |
Tipperary |
Kilkenny |
Brian Cody |
2–29 : 2–20 |
Croke Park, Dublin |
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