Brian McIver is a

Gaelic football Gaelic football ( ga, Peil Ghaelach; short name '), commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA or Football is an Irish team sport. It is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score by kic ...

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who has been in charge of two

county team A county is a geographic region within Gaelic games, controlled by a county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and originally based on the 32 counties of Ireland as they were in 1884. While the administrative geography of Ireland has ...

s and been part of another that played in an

All-Ireland Senior Football Championship The All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (SFC) ( ga, Craobh Shinsir Peile na hÉireann) is the premier competition in Gaelic football. An annual tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA), it is contested by the county ...

final. He was the 2007 National Football League-winning manager. A Tyrone native, McIver led

Ballinderry Shamrocks Ballinderry Shamrocks GAC ( ga, Baile an Doire na Seamróga CLG) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballinderry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and cater for gaelic football and camogie. ...

to an

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. Appointed manager of

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(in what was his first involvement at inter-county level), McIver led Donegal to an

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final in his first championship campaign. He then led Donegal to a

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title in 2007. His time as Donegal manager also saw him give a 17-year-old

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his debut and he gave

Neil McGee Neil McGee (born 13 November 1985) is an Irish Gaelic footballer who plays for Gaoth Dobhair and, formerly, both the Donegal county team and the Ireland international rules football team. From Gweedore in County Donegal, he won three All Star ...

, Frank McGlynn,

Rory Kavanagh Rory Kavanagh ( ga, Ruairí Ó Caomhánach; born 23 August 1982) is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player with St Eunan's and the Donegal county team. He currently manages the St Eunan's club. Alongside Colm McFadden and Christy ...

and Anthony Thompson their first championship starts. McIver received a degree from Coleraine, a PGCE from Queen's University and a master's from

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. He headed to St Mary's, where his involvement with

Paddy Tally Paddy Tally (born 1970s) is a Gaelic football Manager (Gaelic games), manager and coach. A member of the Galbally Pearses GAC, Galbally Parses club, Tally was a squad member when Tyrone county football team, Tyrone played in the 1995 All-Irelan ...

began. Tally got involved with Down and brought McIver in along with him. McIver was part of the Down backroom team for the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. McIver said in 2022 that he still thought Down would have won that game if

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hadn't injured himself. McIver was appointed

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manager in 2012, being announced in the same month

Jim McGuinness Jim McGuinness (born 16 November 1972) is an association football coach and former Gaelic footballer, coach and Manager (Gaelic games), manager, who won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship as both player and manager with the Donegal ...

led McIver's former Donegal players to an

title.

Joe Brolly Joe Brolly (born 25 June 1969 Dungiven, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland) is a Gaelic football analyst, former player and barrister who played at senior level for the Derry county team. Brolly played for Derry in the 1990s and early 2000s ...

was particularly critical of McIver's management. McIver brought Derry to a Division 1 final in 2014. He quit the Derry management role in 2015, criticising

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on live television in his parting interview while confirming his departure. Earlier that season, he had criticised

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and then Ciaran Brannigan. But McIver remained as Oak Leaf Director of Football. He spent three years as Oak Leaf Director of Football after quitting as Derry manager. He was reported to be stepping down after four years in 2019. McIver's son

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is a Gaelic footballer, and McIver has managed him.

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