CHAMPIONSHIP HOTS UP
Taylor is the new Sligo senior manager
Former Sligo player and Under 21 manager Paul Taylor is set to take over the reins as the Sligo senior manager after he was recommended for the job by the selection committee.
IN his time as a player, he won six Senior County titles. He played for 14 seasons for Sligo and was the county’s most prolific forward during the 1990s.
He was involved with Kevin Walsh as a selector on the Senior team which lost out to Roscommon in the 2010 Connaught Final. And in his own right he went on to manage the County Under 21 team narrowly losing out to Galway in the 2017 Connacht Final
Joe Taaffe, Chairman of the Selection committee, said: “The process to appoint a new senior team manager was very challenging given the number of managerial vacancies that existed, compounded by various factors around travel and work commitments for those who considered the position. “During the 7 week process which started on Friday 3rd August, the selection committee had spoken to nine potential candidates in a far reaching and exhaustive effort to find a new incumbent for the role.” He further pointed out that the process had to be confidential as many of the candidates had other roles/commitments and responsibilities and their privacy had to be respected.
Paul Taylor will be announcing his full backroom team in the coming weeks which will comprise of two local selectors and a new face to the Senior set up in Coach Joe Keane (Mayo).
Keane is new to the Senior set up in Sligo and comes with a solid pedigree having won an All Ireland Club Senior medal with Crossmolina in 2001.He then went on to coach the Mayo Under 21’s to All Ireland success in 2016 and in the past two years has been involved in the Mayo Senior backroom team working alongside Donie Buckley.