Brian Flanagan is hunting 'senior management' position as he steps aside from Kildare U20s role after All-Ireland win
Kildare GAA were today informed by Brian Flanagan that he has decided to step away from his role as Kildare U20 Football Manager after three years in charge.
Flanagan leaves off the back of an All-Ireland U20 Championship win in May with Kildare. In his three years in charge, Kildare U20s took home two Leinster Championships, as well as reaching two All-Ireland finals and winning one.
Speaking to the Leinster Leader, Flanagan said, “I have no plans just yet, but I am keen to get back into senior management, whether that is club or inter-county I don’t know just yet. I am just bringing the U20s to an end at this stage and I am coaching at Summerhill in Meath, it’s my second year doing that for the summer and we went very close last year so that’s where my focus is for the next couple of months.
“When it gets to the latter stages of the year, I’ll make a decision on what I am going to do next year. I would be keen to get involved in some project for the next three or four years and just throw myself into it.”
When asked about making the step into the Kildare senior management position, Flanagan said, “Not at all, the lads got a good bounce out of the team the last couple of games and they have a three-year term as far as I know so that’s not really on my radar at the minute.”
Kildare Co. Board Chairman, Mick Gorman, last Monday spoke to the Leinster Leader about the future of the senior management position and said that he would “let the dust settle; let the emotion go out of the situation before making contact with Glenn and his management team, in a couple of weeks.”
After an incredibly successful tenure as Kildare U20 boss, Flanagan is sure to have plenty of interest in his services later this year, whether that is in a Kildare dugout or further afield.
In addition to discussing his future, the All-Ireland winning manager said, “It’s been a brilliant three years, I leave with no regrets, no bad feelings, it just feels like a journey that came to an end.
“I enjoyed every minute and an awful lot of that comes down to the players and the people that you work with. They made it a hugely enjoyable three years, everyone involved just threw themselves into it. We had a bit of craic along the way and we got our success in the end.”
In the statement regarding Flanagan’s departure, the Kildare County Board said, “Brian is a gentleman, and we cannot thank him enough for his contribution to Kildare GAA over the past three years.”