John Hagerty is a Gaelic football manager and former player who currently manages the Wexford county football team. He previously played for Wexford and Killanerin, as well as Leinster and UCD. He was a full-forward during his playing career.
He made 105 appearances for Wexford and his inter-county career went from 1995 up until 2006, scoring 21–125 in all that time. [1] Wexford went from Division 4 to Division 1 National Football League during his career and they got to the Division 1 final back in 2005. [2]
He played for Leinster and won a Railway Cup. [1] He played for UCD and won a Sigerson Cup. [1] He won six Wexford Senior Football Championship titles when he was playing and one Intermediate Football Championship title. [1]
After his retirement, he went on to become a manager. [1] He won Senior Football Championships with Kilanerin as a player-manager and Shelmaliers. [1] He was appointed as Wexford manager in September 2022, following the retirement of Shane Roche. [3] [4] [5] He continued to be Shelmaliers boss for the Senior Football Championship after his name was revealed for the Wexford post. [6]
He is originally from Kilanerin and lives in Wexford town. [1] Outside of football, Hegarty is the deputy principal in the Wexford CBS [7] and was a Fine Gael member of Wexford County Council. [8] He was the deputy Mayor of Wexford from 2021 to 2022. [9]