Jerome Stack steps down as Tipperary coach for ‘personal reasons’

Jerome Stack has stepped down as Tipperary senior football team coach, less than four months after being appointed to the role.

Last September, it emerged that Stack was joining fellow Kerry native and Tipp manager Liam Kearns for the 2017 campaign. Stack had worked alongside John Brudair with Limerick in 2015 and spent the previous two seasons alongside former Laois boss Tomás Ó Flatharta. Stack guided Dromcollogher-Broadford to Limerick SFC glory in 2012, and was seen as a key appointment for Kearns. However, Kearns has confirmed that Stack has cited “personal reasons” behind his decision to leave, adding that there are no immediate plans to replace him.

“Jerome Stack has left for personal reasons,’ he said. “We wish him the best of luck in the future. We now have the same set-up as last year Jerome was an addition but we’ll now operate as we have been doing.” It has also been confirmed that the Tipperary footballers will have the use of Semple Stadium for their first two Allianz League Division 3 fixtures of the new campaign – against Antrim on February 5 and Sligo a week later.