Daragh Sheridan joins Galway senior football and hurling backrooms for 2026

GALWAY SETUP: Former Head of High Performance Coach Development Daragh Sheridan will work with the Galway senior football and hurling teams in 2026.  Picture: ©INPHO/Ben Brady

Chartered psychologist and the IRFU’s former head of High Performance Coach Development Daragh Sheridan will work with the Galway senior football and hurling teams in 2026.

The former professional footballer, who represented Aston Villa, Galway United and Longford Town, is to assist both codes out west for the forthcoming year.

Sheridan previously served as manager of high performance coaching at New Zealand Sport, and prior to his work in New Zealand, he held a number of roles over a 10-year period with the Sport Ireland Institute, including Head of Performance Skills and Head of Capability & Expertise.

As a research lead at the University of Stirling, he delivered the GAA’s ‘Play to Stay’ Research Programme in the middle of the last decade, a multi-year research programme dedicated to solving youth drop-out in Gaelic games.

The Galway senior footballers begin their 2026 season this Saturday when they travel to the province’s centre of excellence at Bekan to take on London in the FBD League (6pm throw-in). The following day, the Galway hurlers open their pre-season Walsh Cup away to Kildare (Cedral St Conleth’s Newbridge, 1.30pm).