{{Short description|Gaelic footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox GAA player | name = Jim McCorry | image = | alt = | caption = | <!-- Personal information --> | irish = | sport = Football | clposition = | icposition = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | feet = | inches = | nickname = | occupation = | <!-- Club(s) --> | clyears = | clubs = | clapps(points) = | <!-- Club titles --> | code = Football | county = | clcounty = | province = | clprovince = | clallireland = | <!-- Colleges(s) --> | colyears = | colleges = | colapps(points) = | <!-- College titles --> | fitz = | sig = | <!-- Inter-county(ies) --> | icyears = | counties = [[Armagh county football team|Armagh]] | icapps(points) = | <!-- Inter-county titles --> | icprovince = | icconnacht = | iculster = | icleinster = | icmunster = | icallireland = | nfl = | nhl = | allstars = | <!-- Last updated --> | clupdate = | icupdate = }} '''Jim McCorry''' is a [[Gaelic football]] [[Manager (Gaelic games)|manager]] and former player who played at senior level for the [[Armagh county football team|Armagh county team]]. He later managed both Armagh and [[Down county football team|Down]], as well as several club teams, including [[Mayobridge GAA|Mayobridge]] and [[Kilcoo GAC|Kilcoo]], reaching an [[Ulster Senior Club Football Championship]] final with both clubs.
==Career== McCorry managed [[Mayobridge GAA|Mayobridge]] to a [[Down Senior Football Championship]] (SFC) title in 1999 (the club's first for more than eight decades) and then to an [[Ulster Senior Club Football Championship]] (SFC) final in 2001 but the club dispensed with him shortly after that game.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/mccorrys-cup-of-woe-26065415.html|title=McCorry's cup of woe|work=[[Irish Independent]]|first=Cliona|last=Foley|date=19 December 2001}}</ref> He led [[Kilcoo GAC|Kilcoo]] to a Down SFC and then to victory against [[Crossmaglen Rangers GAC|Crossmaglen]] in the Ulster Club SFC.<ref name=Indpt_2014/> He won an Ulster Club SFC while managing Kilcoo in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/jim-mccorry-down-manager-1678793-Sep2014/|title=Jim McCorry is the new man at the helm in Down|publisher=[[The42.ie]]|first=Steve|last=O'Rourke|date=18 September 2014}}</ref> He also had a good record while managing Kilcoo in county finals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/kilcoo-upset-the-odds-to-keep-mccorrys-final-record-intact-28821821.html|title=Kilcoo upset the odds to keep McCorry's final record intact|work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=22 October 2012}}</ref>
The [[Down GAA|Down County Board]] appointed McCorry as manager of [[Down county football team|the county team]] in 2015 after [[Tony McEntee]] turned the role down.<ref name=Indpt_2014>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/jim-mccorry-becomes-the-new-down-football-manager-30598590.html|title=Jim McCorry becomes the new Down football manager|work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=18 September 2014}}</ref> Under McCorry's management, Down gained [[Promotion and relegation|promotion]] to Division 1 of the [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League]] but slipped out of a [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] qualifier to [[Wexford county football team|Wexford]] (of Division 4) and McCorry quit as Down manager in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2015/0820/722571-jim-mccorry-quits-the-down-hotseat/|title=Jim McCorry quits the Down hotseat|publisher=[[RTÉ]]|date=21 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/jim-mccorry-quits-as-down-football-manager-31466559.html|title=Jim McCorry quits as Down football manager|work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=20 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/down-manager-jim-mccorry-steps-down-after-only-one-season-in-charge-1.2323381|title=Down manager Jim McCorry steps down after only one season in charge|work=[[The Irish Times]]|first=Seán|last=Moran|date=20 August 2015}}</ref> He said his position was "untenable".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/gaelic-games/34041118|title=Jim McCorry says he was left with no option but to quit Down job|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=24 August 2015}}</ref> He quit Down in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hoganstand.com/article/index/242885|title=McCorry steps down|work=Hogan Stand|date=20 August 2015}}</ref>
McCorry became involved with the [[Kieran McGeeney]]-managed Armagh in 2017, returning to the team he played for and later managed to a [[National Football League (Ireland)|National League Final]] in 1994.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/gaelic-games/42184528|title=Jim McCorry: Former Armagh and Down boss joins Kieran McGeeney's management team|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=30 November 2017}}</ref> In January 2019, he criticised college teams playing in the [[Dr McKenna Cup]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/college-teams-dr-mckenna-cup-4421654-Jan2019/|title=Jim McCorry says that college teams are struggling to compete in the pre-season competition|publisher=[[The42.ie]]|first=Sinead|last=Farrell|date=3 January 2019}}</ref> He spent three years back with Armagh, where he was assistant manager, before suddenly departing for personal and family reasons in January 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2021/01/12/news/departing-jim-mccorry-will-be-a-huge-miss-to-armagh-aidan-forker-2184000/|title=Departing Jim McCorry will be a huge miss to Armagh: Aidan Forker|work=[[The Irish News]]|first=Brendan|last=Crossan|date=12 January 2021}}</ref><ref name=Orchard_assistant_boss/>
He was appointed [[Burren GAA|Burren]] manager in 2022 where he wants to play a more hand passing game and slow things down .<ref name=Orchard_assistant_boss>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/northern-ireland/54798920|title=Jim McCorry: Orchard assistant boss named new manager of Burren|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=3 November 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life== McCorry is from [[Lurgan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2017/12/01/news/jim-mccorry-to-look-at-improving-armagh-game-management-after-joining-kieran-mcgeeney-backroom-team-1200705/|title=Jim McCorry to look at improving Armagh game management after joining Kieran McGeeney backroom team|work=[[The Irish News]]|first=Andy|last=Watters|date=1 December 2017}}</ref> He had [[kidney cancer]] in 2017 but had recovered by 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2020/09/25/news/-i-wouldn-t-go-into-the-football-environment-with-armagh-unless-it-was-safe-jim-mccorry-2077846/|title='I wouldn't go into the football environment with Armagh unless it was safe: Jim McCorry|work=[[The Irish News]]|date=25 September 2020}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box |before=? |title=[[Armagh county football team|Armagh Senior Football Manager]] |years=1991–1995 |after=[[Brian McAlinden]] & [[Brian Canavan (Gaelic footballer)|Brian Canavan]] }} {{succession box |before=[[James McCartan Jnr]] |title=[[Down county football team|Down Senior Football Manager]] |years=2014–2015 |after=[[Éamonn Burns (Down Gaelic footballer)|Éamonn Burns]] }} {{s-end}}
{{Armagh county football team managers}} {{Down county football team managers}}
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