{{short description|Irish Gaelic football coach}} {{this|the Gaelic football coach|the U.S. politician|Michael McGeehan}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use Irish English|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox Gaelic games biography | name = Michael McGeehin | image = | alt = | caption = | irish = | birth_date = 1961/62 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | feet = | inches = | nickname = | occupation = Coach | sport = [[Gaelic football]] | clposition = | icposition = | managing_years = {{c.}} 1995<br>{{c.}} 2001<br>{{c.}} 2004<br>{{c.}} 2006<br>{{c.}} 2008–2009<br>{{c.}} 2012<br>{{c.}} 2015–2016<br>{{c.}} 2015–2016<br>{{c.}} 2015–2016 | managing_club = Convoy<br>[[Glenswilly GAA|Glenswilly]]<br>Seán MacCumhaill's<br>[[Éire Óg, Inis GAA|Éire Óg]]<br>[[St Eunan's GAA|St Eunan's]]<br>St Eunan's<br>[[Clonmel Commercials]]<br>[[Cratloe GAA|Cratloe]]<br>[[Castlebar Mitchels GAA|Castlebar Mitchels]] | managing_winningclub = | managing_clallireland = | managing_clprovince = | managing_clcounty = 1 | managing_iccounty = [[Clare county football team|Clare]]<br>[[Mayo county football team|Mayo]]<br>[[Limerick county football team|Limerick]]<br>[[Donegal county football team|Donegal]]<br>[[Limerick county football team|Limerick]]<br>[[Tipperary county football team|Tipperary]]<br>[[Laois county football team|Laois]]<br>[[Tipperary county football team|Tipperary]] | managing_icyears = 1992<br>1992<br>2008<br>200?–20??<br>2012<br>201?–2015<br>2016–201?<br>2019– | managing_winningcounties = | managing_icprovince = | managing_icallireland = | managing_league = }} '''Michael McGeehin''' (born 1961/62)<ref name=dn_30092016/> is a [[Gaelic football]] trainer currently attached as head coach<ref name=tipp_back/> to [[Tipperary county football team|Tipperary]]. He has previously worked with the [[Clare county football team|Clare]], [[Mayo county football team|Mayo]], [[Fermanagh county football team|Fermanagh]], [[Donegal county football team|Donegal]], [[Limerick county football team|Limerick]] and [[Laois county football team|Laois]] county teams (as well as numerous clubs), and the association football teams [[Fanad United F.C.|Fanad United]] and [[Finn Harps F.C.|Finn Harps]].

Among the honours he has helped the counties collect are a [[Munster Senior Football Championship]], a [[Connacht Senior Football Championship]], an All-Ireland B Championship and two [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League Division 4]] titles; with clubs he has won three [[Donegal Senior Football Championship]]s and one [[Clare Senior Football Championship]] and reached the semi-finals of the [[All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship]].

From [[Letterkenny]], McGeehin's home [GAA] club is [[St Eunan's GAA|St Eunan's]].<ref name=dn_30092016/><ref name=tipp_back/><ref name=IT_joins_limerick/> He works regularly with [[Charlie McGeever]], who has described him as "my buddy since '82… We are like minded".<ref name=ones_that_got_away/>

==Career== McGeehin was part of a group of seven (the others being [[Pauric Gallagher]], Jimmy Kennedy, Michael McBrearty, [[Charlie McGeever]], Donnacha Mac Niallais and Seamus Meehan) who would travel back and forth from [[Thomond College of Education, Limerick]], to Donegal for games and training sessions in the early 1980s, with Gallagher as the driver.<ref name=ones_that_got_away>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=McNulty|url=http://www.donegalsporthub.com/charlie-mcgeever-and-a-tale-of-cup-finals-world-cup-winners-and-ones-that-got-away/|title=Charlie McGeever and a tale of Cup finals, World Cup winners — and ones that got away|date=3 May 2020|accessdate=3 May 2020|quote='Pauric, God have mercy on him, was the driver', McGeever remembers.}}</ref> McGeehin is director of Coaching Ireland.<ref name=tipp_back/> He is based at [[University of Limerick|UL]].<ref name=dn_30092016/><ref name=tipp_development>{{cite news|first=Shane|last=Brophy|url=https://www.nenaghguardian.ie/sport/gaa/articles/2014/05/28/4030573-mcgeehin-happy-with-tipp-development|title=McGeehin happy with Tipp development|work=[[The Nenagh Guardian]]|date=28 May 2014|accessdate=28 May 2014}}</ref>

McGeehin started his involvement coaching inter-county teams in 1992, juggling Clare and Mayo as both won their respective provincial championships.<ref name=dn_30092016/><ref name=tipp_development/>

He led Convoy to the 1995 [[Donegal Junior Football Championship]].<ref name=dn_30092016/> He coached the Donegal under-15, under-16 and minor teams around this time.<ref name=dn_30092016/>

He was involved with the [[Fanad United F.C.|Fanad United]] team that won the 1996 [[FAI Intermediate Cup]].<ref name=dn_30092016/> He then spent two seasons with [[Finn Harps F.C.|Finn Harps]], working alongside McGeever and bringing the club as far as the [[1999 FAI Cup Final]].<ref name=dn_30092016/><ref name=ones_that_got_away/>

McGeehin was part of [[John Maughan]]'s team when Fermanagh won an All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship.<ref name=dn_30092016/>

He coached [[Glenswilly GAA|Glenswilly]] to a Junior League title in 2001.<ref name=dn_30092016/> He was involved with Seán MacCumhaill's when they reached the final of the 2004 [[Donegal Senior Football Championship]].<ref name=dn_30092016/>

With [[Éire Óg, Inis GAA|Éire Óg]] of [[Ennis]], McGeehin won the 2006 [[Clare Senior Football Championship]].<ref name=dn_30092016/>

He worked under [[Mickey Ned O'Sullivan]] as Limerick manager and, later, under [[Maurice Horan]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2012/11/29/well-known-donegal-coach-appointed-to-limerick-backroom-staff/|title=Well-known Donegal coach appointed to Limerick backroom staff|newspaper=Donegal Daily|first=Stephen|last=Maguire|date=29 November 2012|accessdate=17 April 2021}}</ref><ref name=tipp_development/><ref name=IT_joins_limerick>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/mcgeehin-joins-set-up-at-limerick-1.558390|title=McGeehin joins set-up at Limerick|work=[[The Irish Times]]|date=29 November 2012|accessdate=29 November 2012}}</ref>

He led [[St Eunan's GAA|St Eunan's]] to the 2008 and 2009 Donegal Senior Football Championships.<ref name=dn_30092016/> This resulted in him becoming involved with the Donegal senior team during [[John Joe Doherty]]'s time as manager.<ref name=tipp_back/> He briefly spent time with Limerick in 2012, as they won the [[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League Division 4]] title.<ref name=dn_30092016/> He then returned to St Eunan's to oversee their winning of the [[2012 Donegal Senior Football Championship]].<ref name=dn_30092016/><ref name=IT_joins_limerick/>

He worked with Tipperary until late-2015 under the management of [[Peter Creedon]].<ref name=dn_30092016/> He also led the Tipperary team to the final of the [[2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship]].<ref name=dn_30092016/> He then spent a year away from inter-county coaching, though received numerous offers in that time.<ref name=dn_30092016/> Meanwhile, on his brief spell away from inter-county, McGeehin reached the semi-finals of the [[2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship]] with [[Clonmel Commercials]] and worked with the [[Cratloe GAA|Cratloe]] and [[Castlebar Mitchels GAA|Castlebar Mitchels]] clubs.<ref name=dn_30092016/> He worked with McGeever while at Clonmel Commercials.<ref name=ones_that_got_away/> In 2016, he joined Laois when Creedon became manager of the county.<ref name=dn_30092016>Ferry, Ryan. "Michael McGeehin looking forward to life with Laois". ''[[Donegal News]]''. 30 September 2016, p. 74.</ref> In 2019, McGeehin was reappointed to Tipperary (again alongside McGeever) when [[David Power (Gaelic football manager)|David Power]] was appointed manager following the resignation of [[Liam Kearns]].<ref name=tipp_back>{{cite news|first=Chris|last=McNulty|url=https://www.donegaldaily.com/2019/09/25/donegal-men-named-on-tipperary-backroom-team/|title=Donegal men named on Tipperary backroom team|date=25 September 2019|accessdate=25 September 2019}}</ref><ref name=ones_that_got_away/>

==Honours== ;Clare *[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]: 1992<ref name=dn_30092016/>

;Mayo *[[Connacht Senior Football Championship]]: 1992<ref name=dn_30092016/>

;Convoy *[[Donegal Junior Football Championship]]: 1995<ref name=dn_30092016/>

;Fanad United *[[FAI Intermediate Cup]]: 1996<ref name=dn_30092016/>

;Finn Harps *[[FAI Cup Final]]: 1999<ref name=dn_30092016/>

;Fermanagh *All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship<ref name=dn_30092016/>

;Glenswilly *Donegal JFL: 2001<ref name=dn_30092016/>

;Seán MacCumhaill's *[[Donegal Senior Football Championship]] runner-up: 2004<ref name=dn_30092016/>

;Éire Óg *[[Clare Senior Football Championship]]: 2006<ref name=dn_30092016/>

;St Eunan's *[[Donegal Senior Football Championship]]: 2008,<ref name=dn_30092016/> 2009,<ref name=dn_30092016/> [[2012 Donegal Senior Football Championship|2012]]<ref name=dn_30092016/><ref name=IT_joins_limerick/>

;Donegal *[[Dr McKenna Cup]]: [[2009 Dr McKenna Cup|2009]],<ref name=tipp_development/> [[2010 Dr McKenna Cup|2010]]<ref name=tipp_development/>

;Limerick *[[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League Division 4]]: [[2013 National Football League (Ireland)|2013]]<ref name=dn_30092016/><ref name=tipp_development/>

;Tipperary *[[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League Division 4]]: [[2014 National Football League (Ireland)|2014]]<ref name=dn_30092016/> *[[All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship]] runner-up: [[2015 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship|2015]]<ref name=dn_30092016/>

;Clonmel Commercials *[[All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship]] semi-finalist: [[2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship|2015–16]]<ref name=dn_30092016/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Donegal Senior Football Champions 2008}} {{Donegal Senior Football Champions 2009}} {{Donegal Senior Football Champions 2012}} {{Tipperary Under 21 Football Team 2015}} {{Tipperary Football Team 2020}}

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