Manager Profile-Mick O’Dwyer Wicklow Manager

18 February 2009; Wicklow manager Mick O'Dwyer
Player Honours:
4 All-Ireland Senior Medals
8 National Football League Championships
12 Munster Senior Football Championships
1 Railway Cup
3 Kerry Football Championships (as player-coach of Waterville)
Manager Roll of Honour:
8 All-Ireland Football Titles
3 All-Ireland Under-21 Titles
6 Railway Cup Titles
2 Leinster Senior Tiles with Kildare and Laois
1 Leinster Under-21 Championship Title with Kildare
3 Kerry Senior Football Championship Titles with Waterville as player-coach
Mick first played for Kerry at Minor level in 1954 and made his Senior debut versus Carlow in 1956 in the League. His Championship debut came in 1957 against Waterford.
In 1966 Mick broke both his legs and retired from the game for two years, he came back in 1968 and lost out to Down in the All-Ireland Final. He was the top scorer in the game between 1969 and 1971.He retired in 1974 having won every major in the game, his final game being a challenge match against Silgo.
He was appointed Kerry manager in 1975 and spent 12 years in charge of the Kingdom. During his 12 years they played in 10 All-Ireland Finals winning eight. Five of his players won eight All-Ireland Medals and 71 players won All-Stars. He retired as manager in 1986.
He became Kildare manager in 1991 and stayed until 1994, in 1997 he returned for a second spell and it was during this time as Kildare manager he helped to lead them to a Leinster title and an All-Ireland Final, they lost out to Galway. In 2002 he retired as Kildare manager. The following year O’Dwyer became Laois manager in 2002 and he lead them to a Leinster title in 2003. 2006 was his last season in charge of Laois.
He became Wicklow manager winning the O’Byrne Cup in his debut as manager as they defeated Carlow. In 2009 they defeated Fermanagh 0-17 vs 1-11, O’Dwyer now beat every other county as manager.







