Gavin Devlin is a Gaelic football coach, selector, manager and former player. He has been manager of the Louth county team since 2025. Devlin played for the Ardboe club and the Tyrone county team, winning two All-Ireland SFC titles with Tyrone. He then worked as Mickey Harte's assistant and selector at both Tyrone and Louth.
Devlin won one All-Ireland Minor Championship (1998) and two All-Ireland Under 21 Championship titles in 2000 and 2001.
He won two All-Ireland SFC medals; in 2003, playing a pivotal role in Tyrone's blanket defence system, and as a panel member in 2005.
Devlin has coached Kildress Wolfe Tones Seniors in Tyrone.[citation needed]
He assisted Mickey Harte during the end of his tenure as Tyrone senior manager, then moved with him to Louth.[3][4] When working together during their single season with Derry, Harte said of coach/selector/assistant Devlin: "He is as good as another son to me".[5][6][1]
Ten months after leaving Louth, Devlin returned there as "underage football development coordinator, with a remit of steering the county's academy squads, post-primary and rising stars programme", according to Louth GAA.[7]
He was thus not in a position to link up with Harte when Harte joined Offaly.[8] Devlin was appointed manager of the Louth senior footballers in 2025, following Ger Brennan's departure.[9]
Gavin Devlin, who worked alongside Harte in his latter years in Tyrone and then Louth and Derry, would ordinarily have been a shoo-in to join him in Offaly, but he has recently taken up a role as head of Louth's underage set up, which would appear to preclude him from being involved with another county.
 | This Tyrone Gaelic football biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
editors
This is the start of the #editors chat. #editors is a chat channel to discuss collecting and organizing hub content.
