Lenny Harbinson

{{Short description|Antrim Gaelic footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox Gaelic games biography | name = Lenny Harbinson | image = | alt = | caption = | irish = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | feet = | inches = | nickname = | occupation = | sport = | clposition = | icposition = | managing_years = | managing_club = [[St Gall's GAC|St Gall's]] | managing_winningclub = | managing_clallireland = 1 | managing_clprovince = | managing_clcounty = | managing_iccounty = [[Antrim county football team|Antrim]] | managing_icyears = 2017–2020 | managing_winningcounties = | managing_icprovince = | managing_icallireland = | managing_league = }} '''Lenny Harbinson''' is a [[Gaelic football]] [[Manager (Gaelic games)|manager]] and former player. He managed his native [[Antrim county football team|Antrim]] between 2017 and 2020.

He played for St Gall's and Antrim and led a sales team.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2020/1110/1177285-its-time-for-someone-else-to-drive-it-on-harbinson/|title='It's time for someone else to drive it on' — Harbinson|publisher=RTÉ|date=10 November 2020|quote=From when I was a footballer with St Galls it was always my aspiration to play for my county and I did that for 12 years whether it was Division 2A or 2B at the time.}}</ref>

Appointed Antrim senior manager in late 2017, he was unable to gain promotion from Division 4 of the [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League]] and the county exited the [[Ulster Senior Football Championship]] in its first game in each of his three years, though defeated [[Louth county football team|Louth]] in an away [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] qualifier in 2019. Harbinson previously led St Gall's to the [[2009–10 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/gaelic-games/54888354|title=Lenny Harbinson: Antrim football boss steps down after weekend championship defeat|publisher=BBC|date=10 November 2020}}</ref>

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{{s-start}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box | title = [[List of Antrim county football team managers|Antrim Senior Football Manager]] | before = | after = [[Enda McGinley]] | years = 2017–2020 }} {{s-ach|achievements}} {{succession box | before=[[Paddy Carr]]<br>([[Kilmacud Crokes GAA|Kilmacud Crokes]]) | title=[[All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship|All-Ireland Club SFC]]<br>winning manager | years=[[2009–10 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship|2010]] | after=[[Tony McEntee]]<br>([[Crossmaglen Rangers GAC|Crossmaglen Rangers]]) }} {{s-end}}

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