Philips Manager of the Year

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The Philips Sports Manager of the Year is an award for the person considered to be the most outstanding Irish sports manager or coach of a particular year.

The award is contested by the twelve winners of the year's Philips Sports Manager of the Month Awards, which are open to Irish sports managers, trainers or coaches, or overseas-born managers of Irish teams.

Because the annual ceremony is traditionally held on the first Thursday of December each year, the December winner from the previous year is eligible to compete.

Unusually, the award was instigated not by a sporting body or journalists' association, but by the event sponsors themselves, Philips.

Uniquely, there were two winners in 1990 as the achievement of Cork doing the first All-Ireland hurling and football double in exactly 100 years saw respectively managers Fr Michael O'Brien and Billy Morgan honoured.

The 2006 Philips Sports Manager of the Year is chosen on December 7th 2006.

[edit] Philips Sports Manager of the Year Winners

Year	Winner	Team and sport
1982	Pat Henderson	Kilkenny hurling
1983	Brendan Edwards	Irish men’s amateur golf
1984	Mick O'Dwyer	Kerry football
1985	Mick Doyle	Ireland rugby
1986	Jim McLaughlin	Shamrock Rovers
1987	Jack Charlton	Ireland soccer
1988	Jack Charlton	Ireland soccer
1989	Jack Charlton	Ireland soccer
1990	Billy Morgan and Fr Michael O’Brien	Cork football and hurling
1991	Pete McGrath	Down football
1992	Brian McEniff	Donegal football
1993	Jack Charlton	Ireland soccer
1994	Eddie Jordan	Jordan GP
1995	Ger Loughnane	Clare hurling
1996	Liam Griffin	Wexford hurling
1997	Brian Kerr	Ireland under-20 soccer
1998	Brian Kerr	Ireland under-16 & 18 soccer
1999	Sean Boylan	Meath football
2000	John Oxx	Racing, Sinndar’s trainer
2001	Mick McCarthy	Ireland soccer
2002	Joe Kernan	Armagh football
2003	Brian Cody	Kilkenny hurling
2004	Eddie O’Sullivan	Ireland rugby
2005	Mickey Harte	Tyrone football