| Code: | Hurling |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| John Fintan Daly | |
| Irish: | Seán F. Ó Dálaigh |
| Birth Date: | 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Knocknagree, County Cork, Ireland |
| Nickname: | JFD |
| Occupation: | Solicitor |
| County: | Cork |
| Province: | Munster |
| Club: | Knocknagree |
| Clcounty: | 0 |
| Club: | Knocknagree Duhallow Milltown/Castlemaine |
| County: | Cork junior football team Cork under-21 football team |
| Winningcounties: | Cork (junior) Cork (U21) |
| Icprovince: | 1 1 |
| Icallireland: | 1 1 |
| League: | 0 0 |
John Fintan Daly (born 1957) is an Irish Gaelic football coach and former player. In a coaching career that has spanned over 40 years, he has enjoyed All-Ireland successes at club and inter-county levels.[1] [2] He has three children, notably John Fintan Daly Jr. (known as 'Small John' and 'Big Small John').
Daly's playing career with Knocknagree ended prematurely when he suffered a cruciate ligament injury as a 20-year-old, however, he immediately became involved in team management and coaching with the club. Over the course of a 40-year association, he has guided the club to numerous junior divisional championship titles before managing the team to the All-Ireland Club Championship title in 2017.[3] Daly had earlier managed the Milltown/Castlemaine club in Kerry to the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship at intermediate level in 2012.[4] At inter-county level, he has been involved as a selector and coach with various Cork teams. He guided the Cork junior team to the All-Ireland Championship title in 1984, before managing the Cork under-21 team to All-Ireland success a decade later in 1994. Daly's back-to-back County Championship successes with Duhallow in 1990 and 1991 earned him a place as a selector with the Cork senior football team.
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