McGrath sowing the seeds of success for De La Salle

DEREK MCGRATH may be just 34 but he has already enjoyed an impressive coaching career.

McGrath began his coaching career in his early twenties as he was starting out as a teacher in Waterford’s renowned De La Salle college. That was in 1999, and under manager Seamus Quirke, McGrath coached the local U14 team to a Féile Division Two title and repeated the feat four years later.

But those were just the seeds for later and greater success.