# List of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning managers

This is a list of All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning managers since 1986. The term manager (or coach) only came into widespread use in the 1970s. Up until then football teams were usually run by selection panels. Sometimes they contained up to ten members, resulting in self-interest coming to the fore more often than not. All this changed with the appointment of a strong manager, surrounded by a small group of selectors.

## By year

| Year | Winning coach(es) | Team | Score | Opponent | Losing coach(es) |
| 1981 | Mick O'Dwyer (5) | Kerry | 1-12 : 0-8 | Offaly | Eugene McGee |
| 1982 | Eugene McGee | Offaly | 1-15 : 0-17 | Kerry | Mick O'Dwyer |
| 1983 | Kevin Heffernan (3) | Dublin | 1-10 : 1-8 | Galway | Mattie McDonagh |
| 1984 | Mick O'Dwyer (6) | Kerry | 0-14 : 1-6 | Dublin | Kevin Heffernan |
| 1985 | Mick O'Dwyer (7) | Kerry | 2-12 : 2-8 | Dublin | Kevin Heffernan |
| 1986 | Mick O'Dwyer (8) | Kerry | 2-15 : 1-10 | Tyrone | Art McRory |
| 1987 | Seán Boylan | Meath | 1-14 : 0-11 | Cork | Billy Morgan |
| 1988 | Seán Boylan (2) | Meath | 0-13 : 0-12 | Cork | Billy Morgan |
| 1989 | Billy Morgan | Cork | 0-17 : 1-11 | Mayo | John O'Mahony |
| 1990 | Billy Morgan (2) | Cork | 0-11 : 0-09 | Meath | Seán Boylan |
| 1991 | Pete McGrath | Down | 1-16 : 1-14 | Meath | Seán Boylan |
| 1992 | Brian McEniff | Donegal | 0-18 : 0-14 | Dublin | Pat O'Neill |
| 1993 | Eamonn Coleman | Derry | 1-14 : 2-08 | Cork | Billy Morgan |
| 1994 | Pete McGrath (2) | Down | 1-12 : 0-13 | Dublin | Pat O'Neill |
| 1995 | Pat O'Neill | Dublin | 1-10 : 0-12 | Tyrone | Art McRory, Eugene McKenna |
| 1996 | Seán Boylan (3) | Meath | 2-09 : 1-11 | Mayo | John Maughan |
| 1997 | Páidí Ó Sé | Kerry | 0-13 : 1-07 | Mayo | John Maughan |
| 1998 | John O'Mahony | Galway | 1-14 : 1-10 | Kildare | Mick O'Dwyer |
| 1999 | Seán Boylan (4) | Meath | 1-11 : 1-08 | Cork | Larry Tompkins |
| 2000 | Páidí Ó Sé (2) | Kerry | 0-17 : 1-10 | Galway | John O'Mahony |
| 2001 | John O'Mahony (2) | Galway | 0-17 : 0-08 | Meath | Seán Boylan |
| 2002 | Joe Kernan | Armagh | 1-12 : 0-14 | Kerry | Páidí Ó Sé |
| 2003 | Mickey Harte | Tyrone | 0-12 : 0-09 | Armagh | Joe Kernan |
| 2004 | Jack O'Connor | Kerry | 1-20 : 2-09 | Mayo | John Maughan |
| 2005 | Mickey Harte (2) | Tyrone | 1-16 : 2-10 | Kerry | Jack O'Connor |
| 2006 | Jack O'Connor (2) | Kerry | 4-15 : 3-05 | Mayo | Mickey Moran |
| 2007 | Pat O'Shea | Kerry | 3-13 : 1-09 | Cork | Billy Morgan |
| 2008 | Mickey Harte (3) | Tyrone | 1-15 : 0-14 | Kerry | Pat O'Shea |
| 2009 | Jack O'Connor (3) | Kerry | 0-16 : 1-09 | Cork | Conor Counihan |
| 2010 | Conor Counihan | Cork | 0-16 : 0-15 | Down | James McCartan Jnr |
| 2011 | Pat Gilroy | Dublin | 1-12 : 1-11 | Kerry | Jack O'Connor |
| 2012 | Jim McGuinness | Donegal | 2-11 : 0-13 | Mayo | James Horan |
| 2013 | Jim Gavin | Dublin | 2-12 : 1-14 | Mayo | James Horan |
| 2014 | Éamonn Fitzmaurice | Kerry | 2-09 : 0-12 | Donegal | Jim McGuinness |
| 2015 | Jim Gavin (2) | Dublin | 0-12 : 0-9 | Kerry | Éamonn Fitzmaurice |
| 2016 | Jim Gavin (3) | Dublin | 1-15 : 1-14 | Mayo | Stephen Rochford |
| 2017 | Jim Gavin (4) | Dublin | 1-17 : 1-16 | Mayo | Stephen Rochford |
| 2018 | Jim Gavin (5) | Dublin | 2-17 : 1-14 | Tyrone | Mickey Harte |
| 2019 | Jim Gavin (6) | Dublin | 1-18 : 0-15 | Kerry | Peter Keane |
| 2020 | Dessie Farrell | Dublin | 2-14 : 0-15 | Mayo | James Horan |
| 2021 | Feargal Logan & Brian Dooher | Tyrone | 2-14 : 0-15 | Mayo | James Horan |
| 2022 | Jack O'Connor (4) | Kerry | 0-20 : 0-16 | Galway | Pádraic Joyce |