Gary McDaid

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Gary McDaid
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Personal information
SportGaelic football
OccupationTeacher
Club management
YearsClub
2011
2013		 Glenswilly
Glenswilly
Inter-county management
YearsTeam
2017–2019 Donegal U20s

Gary McDaid is a former Gaelic football manager and referee. As a club coach and manager, he contributed to three Donegal Senior Football Championship wins for Glenswilly GAA: twice as manager or joint-manager (2011, 2013) and once as coach to Michael Canning (2016). [1]

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Club

As a manager and coach of Glenswilly, he helped that team to two Donegal Senior Football Championships (2011 and 2013). [2] [3] During the 2011 season, McDaid criticised the county board for some scheduling decisions. [4] [5]

He did not manage the team in 2012, [6] [7] and played with the club's reserves. [8] Returning as manager in 2013, [6] the club won the All-County Football League Division Two title. [9] McDaid was part of Michael Canning's backroom team in 2016 as Glenswilly won their third county title. [10]

As of 2019, McDaid was registered as a referee. [11]

County

McDaid was involved in coaching Donegal underage squads and worked under Joe McBrearty with Donegal's under-21 football team. [10] In December 2014, McDaid joined the senior Donegal county team as a selector under manager Rory Gallagher. [12] [13] He stayed for one season, standing aside from the role in October 2015, citing family commitments. [14]

In August 2017, some outlets included McDaid in list of potential candidates to succeed Gallagher as Donegal senior manager. [15] [16] He was not selected for the post and in November 2017 McDaid took the managerial role with Donegal's new under-20 football team. Eamon McGee and Brian Roper were in his back-room team. [17] [18] He continued as the under-20 manager in 2018. [19]

McDaid resigned in September 2019, stating that "results had not been as good as they had hoped". [20] To complete an expected third year in the role, he would reportedly have needed to "face an interview for a post he already he held[ sic ]". [20]

Media

Writing ahead of the 2020 Donegal Senior Football Championship, Gerry McLaughlin of Donegallive.ie wrote of McDaid that: "There are few more articulate, astute or acute observers of Donegal GAA than one Gary McDaid from Glenswilly. He will always be remembered for masterminding a great victory for the Glen over hot favourites Kilcar in the county final of 2016". [21]

In 2016, in response to criticism of Glenswilly's performance in a low-scoring game, McDaid reportedly hit out at what he described as "armchair critics". [22]

Personal life

As of 2013, McDaid was teaching PE at St Eunan's College. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Breaking Ball: Donegal Club Championships 2019". Donegal News . 6 September 2019. p. 46.
  2. ↑ "Glenswilly fly the Donegal flag". donegallive.ie. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2023. New Donegal champions Glenswilly will fly the Donegal flag in Ulster this Sunday, when they face Cavan champions Cavan Gaels [..] This week the total focus is now on Cavan Gaels," said Gary McDaid, joint Glenswilly manager with John McGinley
  3. ↑ "Donegal SFC final: Murphy delivers man-of-the-match display". Hogan Stand . 21 October 2013. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Cahill, Jackie (21 October 2011). "Glenswilly boycott threat over Murphy". Irish Independent . Independent News & Media . Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "Donegal board won't postpone Glenswilly's league fixtures". Hogan Stand . 21 October 2011. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  6. 1 2 McNulty, Chris (14 January 2013). "McDaid returns as Glenswilly manager". Donegal News . Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Glenswilly devastated after giving it their all, admits Gary McDaid". belfasttelegraph.co.uk. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  8. 1 2 McNulty, Chris (19 October 2013). "Manager's view: Heart and soul still there for Glenswilly boss Gary McDaid". Donegal News . Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  9. ↑ McNulty, Chris (13 October 2013). "Glenswilly clinch Division Two title". Donegal Democrat . Archived from the original on 12 April 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
  10. 1 2 McNulty, Chris (2 August 2017). "Donegal GAA – Who are the contenders to succeed Rory Gallagher?" . Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  11. ↑ "Donegal GAA Adult Club Referees 2019". Archived from the original on 5 September 2019.
  12. ↑ McNulty, Harry Walsh (23 December 2014). "Gary McDaid joins Donegal backroom team". Donegal News . Archived from the original on 31 October 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  13. ↑ McNulty, Chris (17 July 2015). "Monaghan's Corbett sees the 'magic' of Murphy and Gallagher". Donegal News . Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "McDaid departs Donegal management team". Hogan Stand . 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  15. ↑ Craig, Frank (2 September 2017). "Managerial process needs to be fair and transparent – Molloy". Donegal News . Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  16. ↑ Loughran, Neil (29 August 2017). "Five in the frame to succeed Rory Gallagher in Donegal hotseat". The Irish News . Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  17. ↑ Campbell, Peter (24 November 2017). "Glenswilly's Gary McDaid set to lead Donegal U-20s in 2018". Donegal Democrat . Archived from the original on 29 November 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  18. ↑ "Gary McDaid on starting out as Donegal's u20 Manager". Highland Radio. 28 November 2017. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  19. ↑ Cannon, Chris (26 May 2018). "Donegal U-20s in good shape ahead of Cavan clash" . Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  20. 1 2 "Gary McDaid stands down as Donegal under-20 manager". Highland Radio . 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  21. ↑ McLaughlin, Gerry (21 August 2020). "DONEGAL SFC: Battle at the bottom of table will have greatest interest - McDaid" . Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  22. ↑ Gartland, Niall (30 July 2016). "McDaid hits out at armchair critics". Gaelic Life . Retrieved 30 July 2016.
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