# Vinny Corey > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vinny_Corey > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vinny_Corey.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinny_Corey > Source revision: 1291225786 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Monaghan Gaelic footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=June 2022}} '''Vincent{{cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/article/index/160307|title=Corey savouring every minute|work=Hoganstand|date=13 January 2012|access-date=28 July 2022}} "Vinny" Corey''' is a [Gaelic football](/source/Gaelic_football) [manager](/source/Manager_(Gaelic_games)) and player. He plays for [Clontibret O'Neills](/source/Clontibret_O'Neills_GAA) and was manager of the [Monaghan county team](/source/Monaghan_county_football_team) between 2022 and 2024. Before that he spent 18 years as a Monaghan player. ==Playing career== Corey played at senior level for his county for 17 years, winning two [Ulster Senior Football Championship](/source/Ulster_Senior_Football_Championship) (SFC) medals.{{cite web|url=https://www.the42.ie/vinny-corey-retirement-4909131-Nov2019/|title=Another long-serving Monaghan stalwart has called it a day after 17 years of service|date=27 November 2019|last=Duffy|first=Emma|access-date=28 July 2022|work=the42}} Corey made his Ulster SFC debut for Monaghan against [Armagh](/source/Armagh_county_football_team) in 2003.{{cite web|url=https://www.gaa.ie/stories/vinny-corey-still-going-as-strong-as-ever/|title=Vinny Corey still going as strong as ever|last=Harrington|first=John|date=21 June 2019|access-date=28 July 2022|work=Gaelic Athletic Association}}{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/gaelic-games/50576721 | title=Mone and Corey end Monaghan careers | work=BBC Sport|date=27 November 2019}} He outlasted everyone who played in that game, except for an Armagh minor called [Charlie Vernon](/source/Charlie_Vernon), and is married to Joanne and they have children.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2019/06/20/news/monaghan-veteran-vinny-corey-ready-for-tough-armagh-contest-1645489/|title=Monaghan veteran Vinny Corey ready for tough Armagh contest|last=Archer|first=Kenny|date=20 June 2019|work=The Irish News|access-date=28 July 2022}} He was [captain](/source/Captain_(Gaelic_games)) in 2009.{{cite web|url=https://hoganstand.com/article/index/114479|title=Corey seeks revenge|work=Hoganstand|date=8 July 2009|access-date=28 July 2022}} But he was not involved in the [2010 Ulster SFC](/source/2010_Ulster_Senior_Football_Championship) final and he sat out 2011. He was part of the [Match for Michaela](/source/Match_for_Michaela). Corey started the [2018 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship](/source/2018_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship) semi-final for Monaghan.{{cite web | url=https://www.otbsports.com/sport/monaghans-dessie-mone-retires-inter-county-football-929671 | title=Monaghan's Dessie Mone retires from inter-county football|last=McCormack|first=Richie|access-date=28 July 2022|work=OTB Sports}} In 2020, he stated that he had not ruled out a return to Monaghan.{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/corey-and-mone-leave-door-open-for-monaghan-return-38618554.html | title=Corey and Mone leave door open for Monaghan return|last=Boyle|first=Donnchadh|date=22 October 2019|access-date=28 July 2022|work=Irish Independent}} ==Managerial career== First, Corey became a [selector](/source/Selector_(sport)) with Monaghan.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/northern-ireland/57709424|title='Good to get across the line' — Monaghan's Corey on Clones win|date=3 July 2021|access-date=28 July 2022|work=BBC Sport}} He then became manager of the team, replacing [Séamus McEnaney](/source/S%C3%A9amus_McEnaney) in 2022.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2022/0922/1324906-vinny-corey-ratified-as-new-monaghan-manager/|title=Vinny Corey ratified as new Monaghan manager|publisher=RTÉ|date=22 September 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/gaelic-games/62998464|title=Vinny Corey: Former Farney defender succeeds Seamus McEnaney as Monaghan boss|publisher=BBC|date=22 September 2022}} He led his team to the [2023 All-Ireland SFC](/source/2023_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship) semi-final in his first season as manager. His second season as manager saw his team [relegated](/source/Promotion_and_relegation) after a lengthy period in Division 1 of the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League_(Ireland)). Then [Cavan](/source/Cavan_county_football_team) knocked Monaghan out in the preliminary round of the [2024 Ulster SFC](/source/2024_Ulster_Senior_Football_Championship). Interest in the [2024 All-Ireland SFC](/source/2024_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship) was ended by [Galway](/source/Galway_county_football_team) at the quarter-final stage. Corey stepped dwon as Farney manager in August 2024.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2024/0812/1464688-monaghan-manager-corey-steps-down/|title=Monaghan manager Vinny Corey steps down|publisher=RTÉ|date=12 August 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.northernsound.ie/sport/vinny-corey-steps-down-as-monaghan-manager-240506|title=Vinny Corey steps down as Monaghan Manager|publisher=[Northern Sound](/source/Shannonside_Northern_Sound)|first=Sean|last=McCaffrey|date=13 August 2024}} His own selector, Gabriel Bannigan, succeeded him.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2024/0919/1470957-bannigan-confirmed-as-new-monaghan-manager/|title=Gabriel Bannigan confirmed as new Monaghan manager|publisher=RTÉ|first=Niall|last=McCoy|date=19 September 2024}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box | title = [Monaghan Senior Football manager](/source/List_of_Monaghan_county_football_team_managers) | before = [Séamus McEnaney](/source/S%C3%A9amus_McEnaney) | after = Gabriel Bannigan | years = 2022–2024 }} {{s-end}} {{Monaghan county football team managers}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Corey, Vinny}} Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people Category:Clontibret O'Neills Gaelic footballers Category:Gaelic football managers Category:Gaelic football selectors Category:Monaghan county football team non-playing personnel Category:Monaghan inter-county Gaelic footballers --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Vinny Corey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinny_Corey) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinny_Corey?action=history)). 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