Gary McDaid explained

Gary McDaid
Occupation:Teacher
Sport:Gaelic football
Clyears:2011
2013
Club:Glenswilly
Glenswilly
County:Donegal U20s
Icyears:2017–2019

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]

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. Returning as manager in 2013,[6] the club won the All-County Football League Division Two title.[8] McDaid was part of Michael Canning's backroom team in 2016 as Glenswilly won their third county title.

As of 2019, McDaid was registered as a referee.[9]

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.[11] [12] He stayed for one season, standing aside from the role in October 2015, citing family commitments.[13]

In August 2017, some outlets included McDaid in list of potential candidates to succeed Gallagher as Donegal senior manager.[14] [15] 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.[16] [17] He continued as the under-20 manager in 2018.[18]

McDaid resigned in September 2019, stating that "results had not been as good as they had hoped".[19] To complete an expected third year in the role, he would reportedly have needed to "face an interview for a post ".[19]

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".[20]

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".[21]

Personal life

As of 2013, McDaid was teaching PE at St Eunan's College.[22]

Notes and References

  1. News: Breaking Ball: Donegal Club Championships 2019. Donegal News. 6 September 2019. 46.
  2. Web site: Glenswilly fly the Donegal flag . donegallive.ie. 15 October 2011 . 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. News: Donegal SFC final: Murphy delivers man-of-the-match display. Hogan Stand. 21 October 2013. 21 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150412175756/http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=203164. 12 April 2015.
  4. News: Jackie. Cahill. Glenswilly boycott threat over Murphy. Irish Independent. Independent News & Media. 21 October 2011. 21 October 2011.
  5. News: Donegal board won't postpone Glenswilly's league fixtures. Hogan Stand. 21 October 2011. 21 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20150412200228/http://hoganstand.com/Donegal/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=156826. 12 April 2015.
  6. News: Chris. McNulty. McDaid returns as Glenswilly manager. Donegal News. 14 January 2013. 14 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150412195839/http://donegalnews.com/2013/01/mcdaid-returns-as-glenswilly-manager/. 12 April 2015.
  7. Web site: Glenswilly devastated after giving it their all, admits Gary McDaid . belfasttelegraph.co.uk . 3 December 2013 . 11 May 2023 .
  8. News: Chris. McNulty. Glenswilly clinch Division Two title. Donegal Democrat. 13 October 2013. 13 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150412195534/http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/sport/gaelic-games/glenswilly-clinch-division-two-title-1-5581569. 12 April 2015.
  9. Web site: Donegal GAA Adult Club Referees 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190905001452/https://donegalgaa.ie/referees-3/. 5 September 2019.
  10. News: Chris. McNulty. Donegal GAA – Who are the contenders to succeed Rory Gallagher?. 2 August 2017. 2 August 2017.
  11. News: Harry Walsh. McNulty. Gary McDaid joins Donegal backroom team. Donegal News. 23 December 2014. 23 December 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20171031133931/http://donegalnews.com/2014/12/32538/. 31 October 2017.
  12. News: Chris. McNulty. Monaghan's Corbett sees the 'magic' of Murphy and Gallagher. Donegal News. 17 July 2015. 17 July 2015.
  13. News: McDaid departs Donegal management team. Hogan Stand. 8 October 2015. 8 October 2015.
  14. News: Frank. Craig. Managerial process needs to be fair and transparent – Molloy. Donegal News. 2 September 2017. 2 September 2017. 3 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170903004339/http://donegalnews.com/2017/09/managerial-process-needs-fair-transparent-molloy/. dead.
  15. News: Neil. Loughran. Five in the frame to succeed Rory Gallagher in Donegal hotseat. The Irish News. 29 August 2017. 29 August 2017.
  16. News: Peter. Campbell. Glenswilly's Gary McDaid set to lead Donegal U-20s in 2018. Donegal Democrat. 24 November 2017. 24 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171129063621/http://www.donegaldemocrat.ie/news/sport/283748/donegal-u-20-manager-glenswilly-s-gary-mcdaid-set-to-lead-donegal-u-20s-in-2018.html. 29 November 2017. live.
  17. News: Gary McDaid on starting out as Donegal's u20 Manager. Highland Radio. 28 November 2017. 28 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171128122559/http://www.highlandradio.com/2017/11/28/gary-mcdaid-on-starting-out-as-donegals-u20-manager/. 28 November 2017.
  18. News: Chris. Cannon. Donegal U-20s in good shape ahead of Cavan clash. 26 May 2018. 26 May 2018.
  19. News: Gary McDaid stands down as Donegal under-20 manager. Highland Radio. 28 September 2019. 28 September 2019.
  20. News: Gerry. McLaughlin. DONEGAL SFC: Battle at the bottom of table will have greatest interest - McDaid. 21 August 2020. 21 August 2020.
  21. News: Niall. Gartland. McDaid hits out at armchair critics. Gaelic Life. 30 July 2016. 30 July 2016.
  22. News: Chris. McNulty. Manager's view: Heart and soul still there for Glenswilly boss Gary McDaid. Donegal News. 19 October 2013. 19 October 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150412200114/http://donegalnews.com/2013/10/managers-view-heart-and-soul-still-there-for-glenswilly-boss-gary-mcdaid/. 12 April 2015.

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