Louth appoint Mickey Harte as new boss
November 23, 2020
Former Tyrone boss Mickey Harte takes over Louth.
Louth have appointed Mickey Harte as their new senior football manager.
The 68-year-old, who only stepped down as Tyrone senior manager ten days ago after 18 seasons in charge of his native county, will succeed the recently departed Wayne Kierans in the Wee County hotseat having been handed a three-year term following a county board meeting tonight. Harte will be assisted in the role by his former Tyrone selector Gavin Devlin with the duo also guiding the Louth U20 team in 2021.
The appointment of the three-time All-Ireland SFC winning manager will come as a huge boost for Louth football. The Wee County suffered relegation to Division 4 of the Allianz League before falling to Longford at the first hurdle in the Leinster SFC this year.
On Saturday, Harte's fellow Errigal Ciaran clubman Enda McGinley was ratified as the new Antrim senior football manager with Stephen O’Neill as a selector. It should be interesting when Louth and Antrim battle it out in Division 4 next season!
Louth GAA statement
Louth GAA are delighted to announce the appointment of Mickey Harte as our New Senior Football Team Manager on a 3-year term.
The Errigal Ciaran clubman is one of the country's most successful managers winning 3 All Ireland Senior Football Titles in 2003, 2005 and 2008 along with an All Ireland Minor title in 1998 and two All Ireland Under 21 titles in 2000 and 2001 with his native Tyrone.
We are also delighted to announce that Gavin Devlin (An All Ireland Minor, under 21 and Senior medal winner with Tyrone) will be joining Mickey as Assistant Manager. Mickey and Gavin will also take charge of the County's Under 20 team.
We would like to give Mickey and Gavin a very warm welcome to Louth and we look forward to working closely with them over the next 3 years. Special word of thanks to our sub-committee of Peter Fitzpatrick, Bob Doheny, Sean McClean, Aidan Berrill and Francie McMullen for their hard work over the last few weeks overseeing this appointment.
**Louth GAA PRESS RELEASE** pic.twitter.com/QXzHxoSZN1
— Louth GAA (@louthgaa) November 23, 2020
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