Paddy Crozier

Paddy Crozier is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player from County Derry. As a player he represented Derry at minor, under-21 and senior level and turned out for his native Ballymaguigan, where he won the 1971 Derry Intermediate Championship, and for the Civil Service side in Dublin, with whom he won a Dublin Senior Football Championship medal in 1980. He is better known for management. He guided the Derry minor team to the 1995 Ulster title and an All-Ireland final, then helped Derry win the 2000 and 2002 Ulster Minor Championships and the 2002 All-Ireland Minor Championship. Appointed Derry senior manager in October 2005, he served three seasons and led the county to the 2008 National Football League title, beating Kerry in the final. He has also managed club sides including Dungiven, Lavey and Omagh St Enda's, and led the Donegal club in Philadelphia to two North American championships. He is a distant relation of former Derry manager Eamonn Coleman.