# Gavin Devlin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gavin_Devlin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gavin_Devlin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Devlin > Source revision: 1302321492 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Irish Gaelic football player and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox GAA player |image= |name =Gavin Devlin |irish =Gábháin Ó Doibhilin |nickname=Horse |feet=6|inches=0 |occupation=Building contractor{{ citation | publisher = DBA Publishing | date = 2005-09-25 | journal = 2005 All-Ireland Final Match Programme | title= Player Profiles - Tyrone }} |sport=Gaelic football |code=Football |county=Tyrone |province=Ulster |clposition=Half back |club=[Ardboe](/source/Ardboe) |clyears=? -present |clapps(points)= |clcounty=1 |clprovince= |clubs=Ardboe |counties= [Tyrone](/source/Tyrone_county_football_team) |icposition=Half back |icyears= |icapps(points)= |icprovince=3 |icallireland=2 |allstars= |icupdate= |clupdate= |birth_place=[County Tyrone](/source/County_Tyrone), [Northern Ireland](/source/Northern_Ireland) }} '''Gavin Devlin''' is a [Gaelic football](/source/Gaelic_football) coach, selector, [manager](/source/Manager_(Gaelic_games)) and former player. He has been manager of the [Louth county team](/source/Louth_county_football_team) since 2025. Devlin played for the [Ardboe](/source/Ardboe_O'Donovan_Rossa_GAC) club and the [Tyrone county team](/source/Tyrone_county_football_team), winning two [All-Ireland SFC](/source/All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship) titles with Tyrone. He then worked as [Mickey Harte](/source/Mickey_Harte)'s assistant and selector at both Tyrone and Louth. ==Playing career== Devlin won one All-Ireland Minor Championship (1998) and two All-Ireland Under 21 Championship titles in 2000 and 2001. He won two All-Ireland SFC medals; in [2003](/source/2003_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_final), playing a pivotal role in Tyrone's blanket defence system, and as a panel member in [2005](/source/2005_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_final). ==Coaching career== Devlin has coached Kildress Wolfe Tones Seniors in Tyrone.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} He assisted [Mickey Harte](/source/Mickey_Harte) during the end of his tenure as Tyrone senior manager, then moved with him to [Louth](/source/Louth_county_football_team).{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/mickey-harte-louth-5276705-Nov2020/|title=Mickey Harte takes on role as Louth manager|date=24 November 2020|work=The 42|accessdate=24 November 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2020/1124/1180096-fitzpatrick-insists-harte-can-pump-life-into-wee-county/|title=Peter Fitzpatrick insists Mickey Harte can pump life into Wee County |publisher=RTÉ|date=24 November 2020}} When working together during their single season with [Derry](/source/Derry_county_football_team), Harte said of coach/selector/assistant Devlin: "He is as good as another son to me".{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41376571.html|title=Loyal wingman Devlin like another son to Mickey Harte|work=[Irish Examiner](/source/Irish_Examiner)|first=Paul|last=Keane|date=18 April 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/he-is-as-good-as-another-son-to-me-derry-boss-mickey-harte-on-his-long-standing-lieutenant-gavin-devlin/a1388758593.html|title='He is as good as another son to me' — Derry boss Mickey Harte on his long-standing lieutenant Gavin Devlin: Duo have known each other for 27 years and he is a constant from Tyrone to Louth and now Derry|work=[Irish Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)|first=Donnchadh|last=Boyle|date=18 April 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://extra.ie/2023/09/23/sport/gaa/gavin-devlin-derry-switch|title=Was Mickey Harte’s assistant Gavin Devlin the real key to shock Derry switch?|first=Micheal|last=Clifford|date=29 September 2023}} Ten months after leaving Louth, Devlin returned there as "underage football development coordinator, with a remit of steering the county's academy squads, post-primary and rising stars programme", according to Louth GAA.{{cite news|url=https://new.hoganstand.com/Article/Index/332792|title=Devlin returning to Louth after Derry exit|work=Hogan Stand|date=16 July 2024}} He was thus not in a position to link up with Harte when Harte joined Offaly.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/gaa/gaelic-football/gaelic-football-news/offaly-make-first-appointment-managerial-33521519|title=Offaly make first appointment to managerial team since shock Mickey Harte arrival|first=Pat|last=Nolan|date=22 August 2024|quote=Gavin Devlin, who worked alongside Harte in his latter years in Tyrone and then Louth and Derry, would ordinarily have been a shoo-in to join him in Offaly, but he has recently taken up a role as head of Louth’s underage set up, which would appear to preclude him from being involved with another county.}} Devlin was appointed manager of the Louth senior footballers in 2025, following [Ger Brennan](/source/Ger_Brennan)'s departure.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2025/0722/1524833-devlin-returns-to-louth-senior-set-up-as-manager/|title=Gavin Devlin returns to Louth set-up as manager|publisher=RTÉ|date=22 July 2025}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070929110452/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2003/09/27/story634737216.asp Interview] {{s-start|header={{s-sports}}}} {{succession box | title = [Louth Senior Football Manager](/source/List_of_Louth_county_football_team_managers) | years = 2025– | before = [Ger Brennan](/source/Ger_Brennan) | after = Incumbent }} {{s-end}} {{Navboxes |title=Tyrone panels |bg=white |fg=#E00000 |list1= {{Tyrone Football Team 2003}} {{Tyrone Football Team 2005}} {{Tyrone Football Team 2018}} }} {{Louth county football team managers}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Devlin, Gavin}} Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Derry county football team non-playing personnel Category:Gaelic football coaches Category:Gaelic football managers Category:Gaelic football selectors Category:Louth county football team non-playing personnel Category:Tyrone county football team non-playing personnel Category:Tyrone inter-county Gaelic footballers Category:Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football) {{Tyrone-Gaelic-football-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gavin Devlin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Devlin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Devlin?action=history)). 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