John Corcoran (16 October 1959 – 19 January 2016) was an Irish
Gaelic games
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administrator. His career included almost every role in
Gaelic football
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, including player, coach, manager, selector, chairman,
county board
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delegate and referee.
Having played for
St Mary's and later become a referee, Corcoran became a member of the St Mary's committee at a young age and was treasurer and secretary of the club in the early 1980s before becoming chairman in 1992. This was also the role he held at the time of his death, having also held the position of
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chairman. Prior to assuming the chair of the divisional committee, he had been PRO and vice-chair and also chaired the Munster third-level GAA body, sitting on the
Munster Council as a result.
Corcoran managed the Carbery divisional side to the 2004
championship
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, which brought him to wider attention with
Cork
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. As a selector under
Billy Morgan, Corcoran was part of the management team which won the 2006
Munster
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title and reached the following year's
All-Ireland
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final, losing to
Kerry
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.
In his time as a
University College Cork
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selector from 2010 onwards, the college won the
Sigerson Cup
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twice and reached the final on three occasions.
References
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1959 births
2016 deaths
Gaelic football managers
Gaelic football selectors
Gaelic football referees
Gaelic games administrators
UCC GAA