David Power (Gaelic footballer)

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David Power (born 1983) is an Irish Gaelic football manager. He managed the Tipperary county team from 2019, having previously managed Wexford. In 2020, he led Tipperary to a first Munster Senior Football Championship title for 85 years.

Career

Born in Kilsheelan, County Tipperary, Power played for the Kilsheelan–Kilcash club.

Power went on to become involved in team management and coaching. An All-Ireland-winning manager with Tipperary in the minor grade, he has also taken charge of the Tipperary under-21 and junior teams.{{cite news|url=http://www.nationalist.ie/news/local-news/kilsheelan-hero-david-power-honoured-as-tipperary-person-of-the-year-1-3806859|title=Kilsheelan hero David Power honoured as Tipperary Person of the Year|work=Nationalist|date=4 May 2012|accessdate=1 August 2015}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Power was the manager of the senior Wexford county team from 2014 until 2016.{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/power-to-take-wexford-hotseat-as-glynn-takes-break-30637247.html|title=Power to take Wexford hot-seat as Glynn takes break|work=Irish Independent|date=4 October 2014|accessdate=1 August 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.the42.ie/david-power-wexford-tipperary-2907640-Aug2016/|title= Tipperary native Power steps down as Wexford senior football boss after two seasons in charge|date=3 August 2016|publisher=The42.ie|accessdate=3 August 2016}}

In September 2019, Power was named as the new manager of the Tipperary senior football team on a two-year term.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2019/0925/1078108-power-named-as-new-tipperary-football-boss/ |title =Power named as new Tipperary football boss|date=24 September 2019|publisher=RTÉ|accessdate=25 September 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/david-power-tipperary-senior-football-4814448-Sep2019/|title=2011 All-Ireland minor winning manager takes over Tipp senior footballers|date=24 September 2019|publisher=The42.ie|accessdate=25 September 2019}}

On 22 November 2020, he managed Tipperary to their first Munster Senior Football Championship title for 85 years.{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2020/1122/1179721-tipperary-end-85-year-wait-to-win-munster-crown/|title=Tipperary end 85 year wait to win Munster Crown|date=22 November 2020|publisher=RTÉ|accessdate=22 November 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/david-power-tipperary-football-2-5275524-Nov2020/|title=David Power: 'Emotional, very emotional, today Tipperary needed to win a senior title'|date=22 November 2020|publisher=The42.ie|accessdate=24 November 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.gaa.ie/football/news/munster-sfc-final-terrific-tipp-end-85-year-wait-for-munster-title/|title=TIPPERARY 0–17 CORK 0–14|date=23 November 2020|publisher=GAA.ie|accessdate=24 November 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.gaa.ie/football/news/the-big-interview-david-power/|title=The Big Interview — David Power|date=2 December 2020|publisher=GAA.ie|accessdate=2 December 2020}}

In the 2020 All-Ireland SFC semi-final on 6 December, Tipperary again faced Mayo. In foggy conditions and losing by 16 points at half-time they eventually lost the game by a scoreline of 5–20 to 3–13.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/all-ireland-sfc-semi-final-mayo-5-20-tipperary-3-13-ft-1.4428929|title=All-Ireland SFC semi-final: Mayo 5–20 Tipperary 3–13 (FT)|date=6 December 2020|newspaper=The Irish Times|accessdate=15 December 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.gaa.ie/football/gaa-football-all-ireland-senior-championship/mayo-tipperary/1739505/|title=MAYO 5–20 TIPPERARY 3–13|date=6 December 2020|publisher=GAA.ie|accessdate= 15 December 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2020/1206/1182718-all-ireland-semi-final-mayo-v-tipperary/|title=All-Ireland semi-final recap: Mayo 5–20 Tipperary 3–13|date=6 December 2020|publisher=RTÉ|accessdate=15 December 2020}}{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/mayo-tipperary-all-ireland-semi-final-live-score-updates-5290408-Dec2020/|title=Mayo 5–20 Tipperary 3–13: as it happened|date=6 December 2020|publisher=The42.ie|accessdate=15 December 2020}}

In September 2021, Power was given a new three-year term in charge of the Tipperary senior football team.{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/david-power-tipperary-football-4-5553662-Sep2021/|title=Munster winning boss to stay with Tipp footballers for new three-year term|date=20 September 2021|publisher=The42.ie|accessdate= 21 September 2021}} He resigned in June 2023,{{cite web | url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41156644.html | title=David Power steps down as Tipperary senior manager | date=6 June 2023 }} leaving the role vacant until Paul Kelly was appointed in late 2023.{{cite web | url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41260036.html | title=Paul Kelly set to be announced as new Tipperary manager | date=31 October 2023 }}