{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use Irish English|date=July 2021}} {{short description|Irish former sportsperson|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox GAA player | code= Football | sport = Gaelic football | image = | name = Frank Cogan | irish = Prionsias Ó Cógáin | birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1944|6|15|df=yes}} | feet = 5 | inches = 11 | nickname = | occupation = Retired FÁS supervisor | county = Cork | province = Munster | club = | clposition = | clubs = Nemo Rangers<br>→ University College Cork | clyears = 1963–1982<br>1963–1966 | clapps(points) = | clcounty = 7 | clprovince= 5 | clallireland = 3 | colleges = University College Cork | colyears = 1963–1966 | sig = 1 | counties = Cork | icposition = Right corner-back | icyears = 1965–1974 | icapps(points) = 23 (0–00) | icprovince = 5 | icallireland = 1 | allstars = 1 | nfl = 0 | clupdate = | icupdate = 13:56, 5 September 2021 | birth_place=Blackrock, Cork, Ireland }} '''Matthew Francis Cogan''' (born 15 June 1944<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/olive/APA/INA/Default.aspx#panel=document|title=Nemo's Cogan has given his life to football|publisher=Evening Echo|date=15 December 2007|access-date=10 July 2022|first=|last=}}</ref>), known as '''Frank Cogan''', is an Irish former Gaelic football coach and player. At club level he played with Nemo Rangers and was a member of and later coached the Cork senior football team. Cogan usually lined out as a defender.
==Playing career==
Cogan first came to Gaelic football prominence as a schoolboy at Coláiste Chríost Rí before later winning a Sigerson Cup title with University College Cork in 1966. He had earlier won the first of seven County Championship medals with the college; the other six were claimed with the Nemo Rangers club, with whom he also won three All-Ireland Club Championship titles.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nemorangers.ie/contentPage/10070060/h_i_s_t_o_r_y|title=The History of Nemo Rangers Hurling and Football Club|publisher=Nemo Rangers GAA website|date=|access-date=5 September 2021|first=Mark|last=Woods}}</ref> Cogan first appeared on the inter-county scene as a member of the Cork minor team that won the county's inaugural All-Ireland Minor Championship title in 1961.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40305002.html|title=Recalling Cork's first All-Ireland minor football success in 1961|publisher=Echo Live|date=3 June 2021|access-date=5 September 2021|first=Mark|last=Woods}}</ref> He later spent three seasons with the Cork under-21 team and was at centre-back for the 1965 All-Ireland under-21 final defeat by Kildare.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kildaregaa365.com/index.php/golden-generations-dream-turns-to-nightmare-kildares-wasted-years-65-78-part-1/|title=Golden Generation's Dream Turns to Nightmare|publisher=Kildare365.com|accessdate=16 July 2017}}</ref> Cogan's performances at underage levels saw him drafted onto the Cork senior football team and he made his debut against Dublin during the 1965-66 league. He was a mainstay on the team for much of the following decade and was at left corner-back for Cork's 1973 All-Ireland Championship success. Cogan's other honours include five Munster Championship medals and a Railway Cup title with Munster, however, a serious leg injury brought his inter-county career to an end in 1974.
==Coaching career==
Cogan first became involved in coaching at various levels with the Nemo Rangers club. At inter-county level he coached the Cork minor team to an All-Ireland final defeat by Galway in 1976. Cogan subsequently took charge of the coaching duties with the Cork senior team, guiding the team to a league final defeat by Roscommon in 1979.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://roscommonherald.ie/2020/04/18/ten-golden-opportunities-missed/|title=Ten golden opportunities missed|publisher=Roscommon Herald|date=16 April 2020|access-date=5 September 2021|first=Willie|last=Hegarty}}</ref> He became a close coaching associate of Billy Morgan and was defensive coach and assistant team masseur when the Cork senior team won two All-Ireland Championship titles from four consecutive finals appearances between 1987 and 1990.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-40102895.html|title=Celebrating the Double: Sean O'Gorman was an unsung hero for the Cork hurlers|publisher=Echo Live|date=16 September 2020|access-date=5 September 2021|first=John|last=Horgan}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Cogan's grandfather, Matt Gargan, won five All-Ireland Championships with the Kilkenny senior hurling team in a seven-season spell from 1907 to 1913.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://finbarrconnolly.com/matt-gargan-kilkenny/|title=Matt Gargan, Kilkenny|publisher=Cast of Gold website|date=|access-date=5 September 2021|first=John|last=Horgan}}</ref> His uncle, Jack Gargan, also claimed All-Ireland honours as part of the Kilkenny team that beat Cork in the 1939 All-Ireland final. Cogan's brother-in-law, Billy Morgan, was a teammate at club and inter-county levels, while another brother-in-law, Ray Cummins, captained the Cork senior hurling team.
==Honours== ===Player===
;Coláiste Chríost Rí *Frewen Cup: 1960
;University College Cork *Sigerson Cup: 1966 *Cork Senior Football Championship: 1964
;Nemo Rangers *All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship: 1973, 1979, 1982 *Munster Senior Club Football Championship: 1972, 1974, 1975 (c), 1978, 1981 *Cork Senior Football Championship: 1972, 1974, 1975 (c), 1977, 1978, 1981 *Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship: 1971 (c)
;Cork *All-Ireland Senior Football Championship: 1973 *Munster Senior Football Championship: 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974 *Munster Under-21 Football Championship: 1965 *All-Ireland Minor Football Championship: 1961 *Munster Minor Football Championship: 1961
;Munster *Railway Cup: 1972
===Coach===
;Cork *Munster Minor Football Championship: 1976, 1977
==References== {{reflist}}
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