Colm Coyle
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Colm Coyle is a Gaelic football manager from Meath in Ireland. Coyle is the current manager of the Meath senior football team.
[edit] Career
Eamonn Barry became coach of the Meath football team for 2006, as succcessor to the long-time manager Sean Boylan. However, Meath did not perform well in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2006. The County Board accordingly appointed Coyle in his place on 11 September 2006, with Tommy Dowd and Dudley Farrell as selectors. Barry's response was 'I'm not a bit surprised. I've been well aware of the situation for the past couple of months'.
Coyle's reign started well, as Meath enjoyed success in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. They were knocked out of the Leinster Senior Football Championship by eventual champions Dublin GAA. However, they went on to reach the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship 2007 quarter-final through the Qualifiers, and notched up a notable victory over 2003 and 2005 champions Tyrone GAA, who had won the Ulster Senior Football Championship. Cork GAA beat Meath in the semi-final by 1-16 to 0-9 in a game attended by only 38,000 people, but Coyle's team were regarded as having had a good year overall.
Meath beat Carlow by 20 point in an impressive start to the 2008 championship.
