Jim McCorry

Jim McCorry

Personal information
Sport	Football
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County
	Armagh

Jim McCorry is a Gaelic football manager and former player who played at senior level for the Armagh county team. He later managed both Armagh and Down, as well as several club teams, including Mayobridge and Kilcoo, reaching an Ulster Senior Club Football Championship final with both clubs.

Career

McCorry managed Mayobridge to a Down Senior Football Championship (SFC) title in 1999 (the club's first for more than eight decades) and then to an Ulster Senior Club Football Championship (SFC) final in 2001 but the club dispensed with him shortly after that game. ^[1] He led Kilcoo to a Down SFC and then to victory against Crossmaglen in the Ulster Club SFC. ^[2] He won an Ulster Club SFC while managing Kilcoo in 2012. ^[3] He also had a good record while managing Kilcoo in county finals. ^[4]

The Down County Board appointed McCorry as manager of the county team in 2015 after Tony McEntee turned the role down. ^[2] Under McCorry's management, Down gained promotion to Division 1 of the National Football League but slipped out of a All-Ireland Senior Football Championship qualifier to Wexford (of Division 4) and McCorry quit as Down manager in 2015. ^{[5] [6] [7]} He said his position was "untenable". ^[8] He quit Down in 2015. ^[9]

McCorry became involved with the Kieran McGeeney-managed Armagh in 2017, returning to the team he played for and later managed to a National League Final in 1994. ^[10] In January 2019, he criticised college teams playing in the Dr McKenna Cup. ^[11] He spent three years back with Armagh, where he was assistant manager, before suddenly departing for personal and family reasons in January 2021. ^{[12] [13]}

He was appointed Burren manager in 2022 where he wants to play a more hand passing game and slow things down . ^[13]

Personal life

McCorry is from Lurgan. ^[14] He had kidney cancer in 2017 but had recovered by 2020. ^[15]

References

1. Foley, Cliona (19 December 2001). "McCorry's cup of woe". Irish Independent .
2. "Jim McCorry becomes the new Down football manager". Irish Independent . 18 September 2014.
3. O'Rourke, Steve (18 September 2014). "Jim McCorry is the new man at the helm in Down". The42.ie.
4. "Kilcoo upset the odds to keep McCorry's final record intact". Irish Independent . 22 October 2012.
5. "Jim McCorry quits the Down hotseat". RTÉ. 21 August 2015.
6. "Jim McCorry quits as Down football manager". Irish Independent . 20 August 2015.
7. Moran, Seán (20 August 2015). "Down manager Jim McCorry steps down after only one season in charge". The Irish Times .
8. "Jim McCorry says he was left with no option but to quit Down job". BBC. 24 August 2015.
9. "McCorry steps down". Hogan Stand. 20 August 2015.
10. "Jim McCorry: Former Armagh and Down boss joins Kieran McGeeney's management team". BBC. 30 November 2017.
11. Farrell, Sinead (3 January 2019). "Jim McCorry says that college teams are struggling to compete in the pre-season competition". The42.ie.
12. Crossan, Brendan (12 January 2021). "Departing Jim McCorry will be a huge miss to Armagh: Aidan Forker". The Irish News .
13. "Jim McCorry: Orchard assistant boss named new manager of Burren". BBC. 3 November 2020.
14. Watters, Andy (1 December 2017). "Jim McCorry to look at improving Armagh game management after joining Kieran McGeeney backroom team". The Irish News .
15. "'I wouldn't go into the football environment with Armagh unless it was safe: Jim McCorry". The Irish News . 25 September 2020.

Sporting positions
Preceded by ?	Armagh Senior Football Manager 1991–1995	Succeeded by Brian McAlinden & Brian Canavan
Preceded by James McCartan Jnr	Down Senior Football Manager 2014–2015	Succeeded by Éamonn Burns