| Liam McHale | |
| Irish: | Liam MacCeile |
| Occupation: | Football manager |
| Sport: | Gaelic football, basketball |
| Code: | Football |
| Feet: | 6 |
| Inches: | 5 |
| County: | Mayo |
| Province: | Connacht |
| Clubs: | Ballina Stephenites |
| Clposition: | Midfield |
| Clyears: | ?–2004 |
| Clcounty: | 6 |
| Counties: | Mayo |
| Icposition: | Midfield/Full-forward |
| Icyears: | 1985–1999 |
| Icprovince: | 8 |
| Icallireland: | 0 |
| Allstars: | 1 |
| Birth Date: | 1 June 1965[1] |
| Birth Place: | Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland |
Liam McHale (born 1 June 1965) is a Gaelic football coach[2] and former player (and basketball player) who played in midfield with the Mayo county football team between 1985 and 1999.[3]
He played from the start in four finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (including one replay), but was never successful in winning the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
McHale started the 1989 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, which was won narrowly by Cork.
He started the 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final. It ended in a draw and a replay followed. Meath defeated Mayo, avenging their defeat to the same opposition in the 1951 decider. McHale was sent off, along with Meath's Colm Coyle.[4] He had been man of the match in the drawn game.[5] However, he did win an All Star award later that year.[6]
McHale started the 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, in which Mayo was defeated by Kerry.
McHale won two national basketball Cups with his club Ballina (in 1991 and 1996), as well as a Super League title.[7]
McHale was a Gaelic football selector on the Mayo team that reached the 2004 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, which Mayo lost to Kerry.
In 2013, McHale was involved in coaching the successful St Brigid's GAA team which won the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, under manager Kevin McStay.
In October 2014, it was announced McHale would join the Cavan backroom team.
McHale also served as a selector of the Roscommon GAA squad which won the 2017 Connacht Senior Football Championship. However, his charges were heavily defeated in an All-Ireland quarter-final replay against his native Mayo.[8]
In December 2019, Westmeath GAA club Athlone confirmed that McHale would be its new senior manager.[9]
After Kevin McStay was appointed as manager of the Mayo senior team in 2022, McStay named him as a coach and selector.[10] He departed the setup after a year.[11]
On the 7th of November 2023 he was hired as the new manager of the Mayo ladies football team on a three-year contract.[12]
As of 2018, McHale was living in Carrentrilla in Ballina, County Mayo.