Philips Sports Manager of the Year

The Philips Sports Manager of the Year is an award for the person considered the most outstanding Irish sports manager or coach of a particular year.

Philips Sports Manager of the Year

The award is contested by the twelve winners of the year's Philips Sports Manager of the Month Awards, which are open to Irish sports managers, trainers or coaches, or overseas-born managers of Irish teams.

Because the annual ceremony is traditionally held in early December each year, the December winner from the previous year is eligible to compete.

Unusually, the award was instigated not by a sporting body or journalists' association, but by the event sponsors themselves, Philips in 1982.

There have been joint-winners twice. First in 1990 as the achievement of Cork GAA winning the first All-Ireland hurling and football double in exactly 100 years saw respective managers Fr. Michael O'Brien and Billy Morgan honoured. It happened again in 2015 when Irish soccer manager Martin O'Neill and Northern Irish soccer manager Michael O'Neill shared the award for qualifying their respective sides for the 2016 European Football Championships.

Jack Charlton is the most honoured manager since the award's inception, having won it four times during his tenure as Ireland soccer manager. Declan Kidney is the only person to have won the award for achievements with two different teams at different levels, while Brian Kerr was honoured for success with three different Irish national soccer teams. Joining Charlton, Kidney and Kerr as a multi-award winner is Kilkenny hurling supremo Brian Cody.

Winners
YearWinnerTeamSport[1]
1982Pat HendersonKilkenny hurlingHurling
1983Brendan EdwardsIrish men's amateur golfGolf
1984Mick O'DwyerKerry Gaelic football[2]Gaelic football
1985Mick DoyleIreland rugbyRugby Union
1986Jim McLaughlinShamrock RoversAssociation football
1987Jack CharltonRepublic of IrelandAssociation football
1988Jack CharltonRepublic of IrelandAssociation football
1989Jack CharltonRepublic of IrelandAssociation football
1990Billy Morgan and Fr. Michael O'BrienCork Gaelic football and hurlingGaelic football and hurling
1991Pete McGrathDown Gaelic footballGaelic football
1992Brian McEniffDonegal Gaelic footballGaelic football
1993Jack CharltonRepublic of IrelandAssociation football
1994Eddie JordanJordan GPFormula One
1995Ger LoughnaneClare hurlingHurling
1996Liam GriffinWexford hurlingHurling
1997Brian KerrRepublic of Ireland U20Association football
1998Brian KerrRepublic of Ireland U16 & U18Association football
1999Sean BoylanMeath Gaelic footballGaelic football
2000John OxxSinndar's trainerHorse racing
2001Mick McCarthyRepublic of IrelandAssociation football
2002Joe KernanArmagh Gaelic footballGaelic football
2003Brian CodyKilkenny hurling[3]Hurling
2004Eddie O'SullivanIreland rugbyRugby Union
2005Mickey HarteTyrone Gaelic football[4]Gaelic football
2006Declan KidneyMunster RugbyRugby Union
2007Paul DoolinDrogheda UnitedAssociation football
2008Declan KidneyMunster Rugby[5]Rugby Union
2009Declan KidneyIreland rugby[6]Rugby Union
2010Liam SheedyTipperary hurling[7]Hurling
2011Giovanni TrapattoniRepublic of Ireland[8]Association football
2012Billy Walsh and Pete TaylorIreland boxing[9][10]Boxing
2013Jim GavinDublin Gaelic football[11]Gaelic football
2014Joe SchmidtIreland rugby[12]Rugby Union
2015Martin O'Neill and Michael O'NeillRepublic of Ireland and Northern Ireland[13]Association football
2016Stephen KennyDundalk[14]Association football
2017Micheál DonoghueGalway hurling[15] Hurling
2018Joe SchmidtIreland rugby[16] Rugby Union
2019Jim GavinDublin Gaelic football[17] Gaelic football

Multiple winners
Rank Manager Wins
1st Jack Charlton 4
2nd Declan Kidney 3
3rd Brian Kerr
Joe Schmidt
Jim Gavin		 2

Winners by sport
Sport Wins
Association football 12
Gaelic football 8
Hurling 7
Rugby Union 7
Boxing 1
Formula One 1
Golf 1

References
  1. "List of previous winners". The Irish Times.
  2. "O'Dwyer Named Manager of the Month". The Belfast Telegraph/INN. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012.
  3. "Kilkenny boss named Manager of the Year". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 7 March 2006.
  4. "Harte takes the top award". The Irish Times. 12 December 2005.
  5. "Kidney Crowned Philips Sports Manager of the Year". irishrugby.ie. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009.
  6. "Kidney Chosen For Manager of the Year Honour". irishrugby.ie. Archived from the original on 17 December 2009.
  7. "Sheedy named manager of the year". The Irish Times. 15 December 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  8. "Trapattoni wins manager of the year award". RTÉ Sport. 7 December 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  9. "Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll says that the RWC 2015 comes 18 months..." RTÉ Sport.
  10. "Billy Walsh and Peter Taylor share Philips Manager of the Year award for 2012". RTÉ Sport. 16 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  11. "'Humbled' Gavin caps a year to remember". Irish Independent. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  12. "Joe Schmidt wins Philips Manager of the Year award". The Score. 10 December 2014. Archived from the original on 11 December 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  13. "The two O'Neills are sharing the Philips Sports Manager of the Year award". Newstalk. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  14. Kelly, Niall. "Stephen Kenny wins Philips Sports Manager of the Year award". The 42. the42.ie. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
  15. "After leading Galway to the Promised Land, Micheál Donoghue is Philips Sports Manager of the Year". The 42. 13 December 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  16. "Schmidt coy on future as he leaves door open on potential All Blacks role". Irish Independent. 12 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  17. "'No regrets' - Gavin opens up on Dublin departure". RTE Sport. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
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