John Evans (football manager)
Gaelic football manager
John Evans is a Gaelic football manager. He has managed three senior inter-county teams: Tipperary, Roscommon and Wicklow.
Evans was the All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship winning manager with Laune Rangers in 1996.
Career
Evans is from Killorglin, County Kerry.
Before taking to inter-county management, he managed his local Laune Rangers team from the 1980s till the 2000s. He led them to the Kerry Championship in 1993 beating Annascaul, 1995 beating East Kerry and made it two in a row in 1996 by overcoming West Kerry. He led the Rangers to Munster Senior Club Football Championships in 1995 beating Cork side Clonakilty and in 1996 beating Tipperary side Moyle Rovers. The Laune Ranagers went to the 1996 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship, defeating Carlow side Éire Óg in the final at Croke Park. He later managed Tralee side Kerins O'Rahilly's for two seasons.
Evans was also manager of the Tipperary Under 21 team and was senior manager until March 2012.
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