Donegal manager selects new backroom

A new backroom with familiar faces was the method of hiring used by Donegal manager Jim McGuinness.

Former team-mates Damien Diver, Paul McGonigle and John Duffy were yesterday named as the successors to selector Rory Gallagher, video analyst Maxi Curran and kit man Francie Friel, who were surprisingly dropped from the ticket last Tuesday.

Upon McGuinness’s appointment in 2010, Diver initially provided assistance in monitoring the strength and conditioning of players based in the south-west of the county. At the time it was mooted that the Ardara native might have formed part of the backroom team, but the move never came to pass.