Derry edging closer to appointment of Kerry coach Paddy Tally as manager

Oak Leafers are the final county to appoint a senior football boss for 2025 - and believe they have identified their man

PARTING? Kerry manager Jack O'Connor with coach Paddy Tally. The Tyrone man could be the next Derry manager.

It appears Derry are about to repeat a trick and poach a second successive manager from another county with Kerry performance coach Paddy Tally set to succeed Mickey Harte.

In a restructuring of the Kerry management team for 2025, Tyrone man Tally had committed to a fourth year with Jack O’Connor, only this time in the performance coach role vacated by former Clare hurler Tony Griffin.