William Maher (hurler)

William Maher, born on 6 March 1979, is an Irish hurler who played for Tipperary and later built a career as a coach and selector. As a student he played at St Kieran's College in Kilkenny, where he won the 1996 Dr Croke Cup, and at Waterford Institute of Technology, where he took consecutive Fitzgibbon Cup medals in 1999 and 2000. At club level he came through the Ballingarry Gaels juvenile club and won South Tipperary senior hurling titles. For Tipperary he captained the minor team to the 1996 All-Ireland title and was a panel member of the senior side that won the 1999 National Hurling League, but a freak accident in a training match in February 2001 effectively ended his playing career. He then turned to coaching, managing the Tipperary minor team to the 2012 All-Ireland title, leading Cuala to the Dublin senior championship in 2019 and 2020, managing Laois, and in January 2025 becoming the GAA's National Head of Hurling.