Brendan Coulter

Brendan "Benny" Coulter is an Irish Gaelic football player and manager. He played for his local club Mayobridge and for the Down senior football team until his retirement from the inter-county game in 2014, and he has also taught Gaelic games to children in schools around Northern Ireland. During his prime he was regarded as one of the best attackers in Gaelic football, and he is recorded as Ulster's leading all-time goal scorer in the Championship. His career began early: he won an Ulster Minor Championship medal and an All-Ireland Minor Football Championship with Down in 1999, scoring 1-02 in the final, and was brought into the senior side that same year. He captained Down, was described as the team's talisman, and was chosen several times to represent Ireland in the International Rules Series. At club level he won eight Down Senior Football Championships with Mayobridge and later served as its player-manager. After playing he moved into coaching, taking charge of the Down minor football team ahead of the 2023 season.