John Fintan Daly
# John Fintan Daly

John Fintan Daly (born 1957) is an Irish Gaelic football coach and former player. In a coaching career that has spanned over 40 years, he has enjoyed All-Ireland successes at club and inter-county levels. He has three children, notably John Fintan Daly Jr. (known as 'Small John' and 'Big Small John').

## Management career

Daly's playing career with Knocknagree ended prematurely when he suffered a cruciate ligament injury as a 20-year-old, however, he immediately became involved in team management and coaching with the club. Over the course of a 40-year association, he has guided the club to numerous junior divisional championship titles before managing the team to the All-Ireland Club Championship title in 2017. Daly had earlier managed the Milltown/Castlemaine club in Kerry to the All-Ireland Intermediate Championship at intermediate level in 2012. At inter-county level, he has been involved as a selector and coach with various Cork teams. He guided the Cork junior team to the All-Ireland Championship title in 1984, before managing the Cork under-21 team to All-Ireland success a decade later in 1994. Daly's back-to-back County Championship successes with Duhallow in 1990 and 1991 earned him a place as a selector with the Cork senior football team.

## Honours

### Player

**Knocknagree**

* Duhallow Junior A Football Championship: 1978

### Management

**Milltown/Castlemaine**

* All-Ireland Intermediate Club Football Championship: 2012
* Munster Intermediate Club Football Championship: 2012
* Kerry Intermediate Football Championship: 2011

**Knocknagree**

* Cork Premier Intermediate Football Championship: 2020
* Cork Intermediate Football Championship: 2019
* All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship: 2018
* Munster Junior Club Football Championship: 2017
* Cork Junior A Football Championship: 1984, 2017

**Duhallow**

* Cork Senior Football Championship: 1990, 1991

**Cork**

* All-Ireland Junior Football Championship: 1984
* Munster Junior Football Championship: 1984
* All-Ireland Under-21 Football Championship: 1994
* Munster Under-21 Football Championship: 1994
