William Maher (hurler)

William Maher
Personal information
Irish name Liam Ó Meachair
Sport Hurling
Position Midfield
Born 1979 (age 3637)
Ballingarry, County Tipperary, Ireland
Occupation Sales rep
Club(s)
Years Club
Ballingarry
Club titles
Tipperary titles 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
Tipperary
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 0
All-Irelands 0
NHL 0
All Stars 0

William Maher (born 1979) is an Irish retired hurler, and current manager and coach. Maher is the current manager of the Tipperary under-21 hurling team having been appointed in November 2015.

Born in Ballingarry, County Tipperary, Maher first excelled at hurling whilst at school in St. Kieran's College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Tipperary minor team, before later lining out with the under-21 side. He played a number of games at senior level during the National Hurling League, until an eye injury ended his career in 2002.[1]

At club level Maher played with Ballingarry.

In retirement from playing Maher became involved in team management and coaching. He began his coaching career with club side Ballingarry before later serving as a selector with the Dublin minor team in 2008. Maher was a selector with the victorious Tipperary under-21 team in 2010 before later guiding the Tipperary minor team to All-Ireland success in 2012.[2] In October 2013 he became part of Derek McGrath's management team to the Waterford senior hurlers.[3]

In November 2015, Maher was named as the new manager of the Tipperary Under-21 hurling team.[4]

Honours

Player

Waterford Institute of Technology
Tipperary

Coach

Tipperary

References

  1. Cahill, Jackie (30 December 2009). "Finding courage in adversity". Irish Independent. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  2. Cahill, Jackie (5 September 2012). "Maher to meet old friend Boland in unlikely twist of fate". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  3. "McGrath Ratified as Waterford Hurling Manager". GAA website. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  4. "Maher returns to management with Tipperary as hurling backrooms finalised". The 42. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.


Achievements
Preceded by
Brian O'Keeffe
(Cork)
All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final
winning captain

1996
Succeeded by
John Reddan
(Clare)
Preceded by
Mattie Murphy
(Galway)
All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final
winning manager

2012
Succeeded by
Seán Power
(Waterford)
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Liam Cahill
Tipperary Minor Hurling Captain
1996
Succeeded by
Donnacha Fahy
Preceded by
Raymie Ryan
Tipperary Minor Hurling Manager
2012-2013
Succeeded by
Liam Cahill
Preceded by
T. J. Connolly
Tipperary Under-21 Hurling Manager
2015-
Succeeded by
Incumbent


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