Graham Shine set to be appointed Kildare Senior Ladies manager
Shine is a Listowel native with inter-county management experience with Clare, Limerick and his home county
Kildare LGFA have announce that Graham Shine will be appointed as the new Senior Ladies football team manager. The appointment is subject to official ratification at the full County Board meeting taking place on Wednesday, October 28.
Shine is a native of Kerry with inter-county management experience including previous spells with Clare, Limerick, and Kerry, takes over the reins of the Kildare senior squad which will tackle Division 2 as well as the SFC ranks of the Leinster and All-Ireland championships in 2027.
Next year represents another significant one for The Lilies with promotion to Division 1, going one step further in the Leinster SFC and progressing past All-Ireland quarter-final stage all vital to success for the new boss with an exciting group of young players to pick from.
The Listowel Emmets clubman is a qualified personal trainer and fitness instructor and he managed the Kerry senior ladies football team in 2017 and 2018.
In 2017, Shine guided Kerry to the Munster senior championship title, while they bowed out at the All-Ireland semi-final stage to eventual winners Dublin. He was also at the helm of the Kingdom U16s when they won Munster and All-Ireland titles in 2015 and 2016.
Shine replaces Waterford-native Pat Sullivan who is now the manager of the Cork Senior Ladies team.