Mick Bohan
{{Short description|Gaelic football coach}}
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|managerclubs1 = Dublin county football team
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|managerclubs2 = Clare GAA
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|managerclubs3 = Thomas Davis GAA
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|managerclubs4 = Lucan Sarsfields GAA
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Mick Bohan is a Gaelic football coach who is working with Dublin GAA. He has worked with the Clare GAA footballers before in the past as well.
Early life
Bohan grew up in Dublin, is nephew of Clare's former boss Harry Bohan{{cite news|url=https://www.clare.fm/sport/praise-for-new-clare-coach-bohan-ahead-of-mcgrath-cup-final/|title=Praise for new Clare coach Bohan ahead of McGrath Cup Final|date=26 January 2016}} and teaches physical education (PE) in Clontarf.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/meet-mick-bohan-the-man-spearheading-clares-football-revolution-34925541.html |title=Meet Mick Bohan — the man spearheading Clare's football revolution |work=Sunday Independent |first=Michael |last=Verney |date=31 July 2016}}
Coaching career
Bohan was a skills coach with Jim Gavin when the Dublin won the 2010, the 2012 All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship titles, and the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title. He was also part of three Sigerson Cup titles for DCU and worked with Dublin clubs Thomas Davis, Lucan Sarsfields and Clontarf.{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}
Bohan went to work in Clare with Colm Collins and helped the team to a National League Division 3 title and an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final birth.{{cite news|url=https://www.the42.ie/mick-bohan-dublin-ladies-clare-3120562-Dec2016/ |title=Former Clare football mastermind to return |publisher=The42.ie |first=Jackie |last=Cahill |date=5 December 2016}}{{cite news |url=https://www.clare.fm/sport/news-face-to-clare-senior-football-management-team/|title=News Face To Clare Senior Football Management Team |date=29 September 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://www.the42.ie/gordon-kelly-clare-2903963-Jul2016/ |title=From Cusack Park to Croke Park — a decade waiting for Clare's football breakthrough |publisher=The42.ie|first=Fintan|last=O'Toole|date=31 July 2016}}{{cite news |url=https://www.hoganstand.com/article/index/245045 |title=Bohan to coach Clare footballers |work=Hogan Stand |date=4 October 2015}}
Bohan was a frontrunner to replace Anthony Cunningham as manager of the senior Roscommon county team in August 2022.{{cite news |url=https://roscommonherald.ie/2022/08/04/bohan-linked-to-roscommon-post/ |title=Bohan linked to Roscommon post |date=4 August 2022}}{{cite news |url=https://westernpeople.ie/2022/08/05/frontrunners-for-roscommon-job-emerge/ |title=Frontrunners for Roscommon job emerge |date=5 August 2022}} He was also linked with Roscommon when Kevin McStay stepped aside in 2018.{{cite news |url=https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/290542|title=Bohan linked to Roscommon position |work=Hogan Stand |date=19 September 2018}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/ladies-football/driven-to-keep-raising-the-bar-how-mick-bohan-helped-transform-dublin-ladies-football-40819187.html Mick Bohan has been key to transformation of Dublin's fortunes, but he knows the game needs to evolve overall]
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Category:Clare county football team
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