| Billy O'Loughlin | |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Club: | Sarsfields |
| County: | Laois Longford |
| Icyears: | 2021– |
Billy O'Loughlin is a Gaelic football manager and player from County Laois. He led Laois to the 2019 Leinster Under-20 Football Championship final. He was appointed manager of the Longford county team in 2021.
O'Loughlin was a selector and coach on DIT's 2013 Sigerson Cup team, which won the competition, while he had previously managed the college's freshers team to All-Irelands in 2008 and 2009. He led Laois to the 2019 Leinster Under-20 Football Championship final. He managed Sarsfields to a Kildare Senior Football Championship semi-final.
In November 2021, O'Loughlin was appointed to the Longford senior management role.[1] [2] The appointment was unexpected and he included handballer Paul Brady in his backroom team as a performance coach.[3] [4] He successfully kept Longford in Division 3 of the National Football league.[5] [6] [7] He stepped down from the Longford managerial role in July 2022 because of other commitments.[8]
O'Loughlin played his club football for Arles–Killeen and St Loman's.[2] He transferred to St Loman's, which is in Westmeath.[9] He played for St Loman's in the final of the 2017 Leinster Senior Club Football Championship.[10] Declan O'Loughlin, a Laois selector during Mick O'Dwyer's time as manager, is his father.[2]