Missing medals made Jason Sherlock a better coach

When Jason Sherlock’s playing days with Dublin ended in 2010, the void left by 16 years of inter-county commitment hit him hard, but rather than launch into coaching, the 1995 All-Ireland winner took a step back to gain some perspective.

Three years later, a call came from Dublin’s football development officer Stephen O’Shaughnessy, a former Dubs’ team-mate, to get involved with development squads and shape their footballing future. The timing was right.

And a year after that, Dublin boss Jim Gavin, fresh from their shock All-Ireland SFC semi-final defeat to Donegal, requested Sherlock’s services with the seniors and Sherlock has helped oversee a remarkable three-in-a-row in the intervening period.