Tony McEntee (born 30 June 1977) is a Gaelic football

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and former player. He has managed the senior Sligo county team since 2020. McEntee played for the

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club and at senior level for the Armagh county team. He won All-Ireland titles as a player and joint-manager of Crossmaglen Rangers and an

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and

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title while playing for Armagh.

Career

As a player McEntee won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in 2002. McEntee co-led (with Gareth O'Neill) Crossmaglen Rangers to consecutive

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titles in 2011 and 2012, alongside three Armagh Senior Football Championships and three

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s. However, McEntee and O'Neill left their managerial roles when the club's attempt to win a third consecutive All-Ireland Club SFC failed in 2013. Later that year, McEntee was appointed as manager of the St Brigid's GAA (Dublin) senior football team, succeeding

Gerry McEntee Gerry McEntee (born 19 October 1955) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for the Meath county team. He played club football for Nobber GFC. Career During his playing career he helped his club Nobber to rise from Junior "B" to th ...

and Mark Byrne. McEntee was a

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with

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under the management of Stephen Rochford. He was appointed as Sligo senior manager in November 2020 for a three-year term. He stayed as Sligo manager for the 2022 season. He led Sligo to the

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semi-final, narrowly missing an appearance in

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after a three-point defeat. Afterwards it was announced that he would continue as Sligo manager for the 2023 season. The possibility of an extension as Sligo manager was reported upon. He has described his managerial style as "direct". He excludes a player for only four reasons: "injury, application, attitude or ability." He is the twin brother of John McEntee.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McEntee, Tony 1977 births Living people Armagh inter-county Gaelic footballers Crossmaglen Rangers Gaelic footballers Gaelic football managers Gaelic football selectors Mayo county football team Twin sportspeople