Galway’s All-Ireland winning manager Micheál Donoghue has become the first hurling manager since Liam Sheedy in 2010 to win the Philips Lighting Sports Manager of the Year award.
Donoghue won the monthly award for August after leading the Tribsemen to a first All-Ireland senior hurling title in 29 years with their win over Waterford in the final.
Donoghue beat 11 other nominees to the award with Cork hurling boss Kieran Kingston and Dublin’s All-Ireland winning manager Jim Gavin making up the rest of the GAA contingent.
The other nominees were the four horse racing trainers Willie Mullins, Jessica Harrington, Aidan O’Brien and Joseph O’Brien.
Brighton’s Chris Hughton, Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers and Cork City’s double winning manager John Caulfield were the soccer nominees while UCC Glanmire basketball’s Mark Scannell and Cycling Ireland’s High Performance Manager Brian Nugent completed the list.
ALL-TIME WINNERS
1982: Pat Henderson (Hurling - Kilkenny)
1983: Brendan Edwards (Golf - Irish amateur men)
1984: Mick O'Dwyer (Gaelic Football - Kerry)
1985: Mick Doyle (Rugby - Ireland)
1986: Jim McLaughlin (Shamrock Rovers - Soccer)
1987: Jack Charlton (Soccer - Ireland)
1988: Jack Charlton (Soccer - Ireland)
1989: Jack Charlton (Soccer - Ireland)
1990: Billy Morgan (Gaelic Football - Cork) & Fr Michael O'Brien (Hurling - Cork)
1991: Pete McGrath (Gaelic Football - Down)
1992: Brian McEniff (Gaelic Football - Donegal)
1993: Jack Charlton (Ireland - Soccer)
1994: Eddie Jordan (Motor Racing)
1995: Ger Loughnane (Hurling - Clare)
1996: Liam Griffin (Hurling - Wexford)
1997: Brian Kerr (Soccer - Ireland U20)
1998: Brian Kerr (Soccer - Ireland U16 & U18)
1999: Seán Boylan (Gaelic Football - Meath)
2000: John Oxx (Racing )
2001: Mick McCarthy (Soccer - Ireland)
2002: Joe Kernan (Gaelic Football - Armagh)
2003: Brian Cody (Hurling - Kilkenny)
2004: Eddie O'Sullivan (Rugby - Ireland)
2005: Mickey Harte (Gaelic Football - Tyrone)
2006: Declan Kidney (Rugby - Munster)
2007: Paul Doolin (Soccer - Drogheda Utd)
2008: Declan Kidney (Rugby - Munster)
2009: Declan Kidney (Rugby - Ireland)
2010: Liam Sheedy (Hurling - Tipperary)
2011: Giovanni Trapattoni (Soccer - Ireland )
2012: Billy Walsh & Pete Taylor (Boxing - Ireland)
2013: Jim Gavin (Gaelic Football - Dublin)
2014: Joe Schmidt (Rugby - Ireland)
2015: Martin O'Neill (Soccer - Ireland) & Michael O'Neill (Soccer - Northern Ireland)
2016: Stephen Kenny (Soccer - Dundalk)
2017: Micheál O'Donoghue (Hurling - Galway)
