Tommy Jordan

{{Short description|Gaelic football manager}}

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| name = Tommy Jordan

| irish = Tomás Shiúrdáin

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| occupation = Prison officer (Castlerea)

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| clyears = {{c.}} 2000–2007

| club = Crossmolina Deel Rovers

| winningclubs = Crossmolina Deel Rovers

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Tommy Jordan is a Gaelic football manager. He managed Crossmolina Deel Rovers to the 2000–01 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship and, after unsuccessfully applying for the role of senior manager of the Mayo county team, later managed the Sligo county team from 2007, shortly after the county had won the Connacht Senior Football Championship. The Sligo appointment meant that, with John Maughan already managing Roscommon, two men from the same club were managing two of Connacht's five counties.{{cite news|url=https://www.mayonews.ie/sports/2761-jordan-takes-on-sligo|title=Jordan takes on Sligo|work=The Mayo News|date=13 November 2007}} Because Sligo were relegated to Division 4 of the National Football League, the GAA forced the reigning Connacht champions to participate in the Tommy Murphy Cup instead of the All-Ireland qualifiers when they exited the provincial championship; the county's exit to London in that competition after many players (including Eamonn O'Hara) declined to participate, led Jordan to resign.{{cite news|url=https://www.balls.ie/gaa/344101-344101|title=A Brief Rundown Of Pointless GAA Competitions That No Longer Exist: Tommy Murphy Cup|publisher=Balls.ie|date=25 August 2016}}

Jordan has been described as "quietly spoken".{{cite news|url=https://www.mayonews.ie/sports/35203-2001-crossmolina-s-great-odyssey|title=2001: Crossmolina's great odyssey|work=The Mayo News|date=15 April 2020}} Stephen Rochford has cited Jordan as a coaching influence.{{cite news|url=https://www.advertiser.ie/mayo/article/81473/rochford-ready-to-roll-with-mayo|title=Rochford ready to roll with Mayo|work=Mayo Advertiser|date=7 December 2015}}

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| title = Sligo Senior Football Manager

| before = Tommy Breheny

| after = Kevin Walsh

| years = 2007–2008

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{{Crossmolina Football Team 2001}}

{{Sligo county football team managers}}

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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

Category:Living people

Category:All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship winning managers

Category:Gaelic football managers

Category:Prison officers

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