This is a list of All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winning managers. The term manager (or coach) only came into widespread use in the 1970s. Up until then hurling teams were usually run by selection panels. Sometimes they contained up to ten members, resulting in self-interest coming to the fore more often than not. All this changed with the appointment of a strong manager, surrounded by a small group of selectors.
Brian Cody of Kilkenny leads the way in terms of All-Ireland wins. He has guided his native county to seven championship titles in ten years. This culminated in the capturing of a famous four-in-a-row between 2006 and 2009. This feat has only been equalled once before, when Cork won four in a row from 1941 to 1944, but this was in a time when selection panels rather than individual managers looked after teams, making Cody's feat unequalled in the modern era.
Monsignor Thomas Maher, managed Kilkenny to 7 All Ireland titles: 1957, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1974 and 1975. After such success & coaching Tommy Maher became known as the godfather of modern hurling.
Offaly is the only team that has won all of its All-Ireland titles under the management of a non-native. In 1981 and 1985 Dermot Healy, a native of Kilkenny, became the first "outsider" manager when he guided Offaly to the All-Ireland titles. In 1994 Éamonn Cregan steered the county to victory over his native Limerick in the All-Ireland final. Four years later in 1998 Michael Bond took over from Michael "Babs" Keating, another non-native, and guided Offaly to their fourth All-Ireland championship win.
By year Year Winning coach(es) Team Score Opponent Losing coach(es) Sources1980Cyril FarrellGalway2-15 : 3-9LimerickNoel Drumgoole1981Dermot HealyOffaly2-12 : 0-15GalwayCyril Farrell1982Pat HendersonKilkenny3-18 : 1-13CorkGerald McCarthy1983Pat Henderson (2)Kilkenny2-14 : 2-12CorkJohnny Clifford1984Justin McCarthyFr. Michael O'BrienCork3-16 : 1-12OffalyDermot Healy1985Dermot HealyOffaly2-11 : 1-12GalwayCyril Farrell1986Johnny CliffordCork4-13 : 2-15GalwayCyril Farrell1987Cyril Farrell (2)Galway1-12 : 0-9KilkennyPat Henderson1988Cyril Farrell (3)Galway1-15 : 0-14TipperaryBabs Keating1989Babs KeatingTipperary4-24 : 3-9AntrimJim Nelson1990Fr. Michael O'Brien (2)Cork5-15 : 2-21GalwayCyril Farrell1991Babs Keating (2)Tipperary1-16 : 0-15KilkennyOllie Walsh1992Ollie WalshKilkenny3-10 : 1-12CorkFr. Michael O'Brien1993Ollie Walsh (2)Kilkenny2-17 : 1-15GalwayCyril Farrell1994Éamonn CreganOffaly3-16 : 2-13LimerickTom Ryan1995Ger LoughnaneClare1-13 : 2-8OffalyÉamonn Cregan1996Liam GriffinWexford1-13 : 0-14LimerickTom Ryan1997Ger Loughnane (2)Clare0-20 : 2-13TipperaryLen Gaynor1998Michael BondOffaly2-16 : 1-13KilkennyKevin Fennelly1999Jimmy Barry-MurphyCork0-13 : 0-12KilkennyBrian Cody2000Brian CodyKilkenny5-15 : 1-14OffalyPat Fleury2001Nicky EnglishTipperary2-18 : 2-15GalwayNoel Lane2002Brian Cody (2)Kilkenny2-20 : 0-19ClareCyril Lyons2003Brian Cody (3)Kilkenny1-14 : 1-11CorkDónal O'Grady2004Dónal O'GradyCork0-17 : 0-9KilkennyBrian Cody2005John AllenCork1-21 : 1-16GalwayConor Hayes2006Brian Cody (4)Kilkenny1-16 : 1-13CorkJohn Allen2007Brian Cody (5)Kilkenny2-19 : 1-15LimerickRichie Bennis2008Brian Cody (6)Kilkenny3-30 : 1-13WaterfordDavy FitzGerald2009Brian Cody (7)Kilkenny2-22 : 0-23TipperaryLiam Sheedy2010Liam SheedyTipperary4-17 : 1-18KilkennyBrian Cody2011Brian Cody (8)Kilkenny2-17 : 1-16TipperaryDeclan Ryan2012Brian Cody (9)Kilkenny3-22 : 3-11GalwayAnthony Cunningham2013Davy FitzgeraldClare5-16 : 3-16CorkJimmy Barry-Murphy2014Brian Cody (10)Kilkenny2-17 : 2-14TipperaryEamon O'Shea2015Brian Cody (11)Kilkenny1-22 : 1-18GalwayAnthony Cunningham2016Michael RyanTipperary2-29 : 2-20KilkennyBrian Cody2017Micheál DonoghueGalway0-26 : 2-17WaterfordDerek McGrath2018John KielyLimerick3-16 : 2-18GalwayDavid Burke2019Liam SheedyTipperary3-25 : 0-20KilkennyBrian Cody2020John KielyLimerick0-30 : 0-19WaterfordLiam Cahill2021John KielyLimerick3-32 : 1-22CorkKieran Kingston2022John KielyLimerick1-31 : 2-26KilkennyBrian Cody
See also List of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning managers
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