Jim Gavin no longer in running for Galway football job

Former Dublin football player and manager Jim Gavin, left, and Irish professional golfer Paul McGinley during day three of the Amgen Irish Open Golf Championship 2026 at Trump International Golf Links in Doonbeg, Clare. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

    Galway hope to have a new senior football manager in place early next month even though clubs in the county did not propose anyone for the position by Friday’s deadline for nominations.

And it is believed that former Dublin manager Jim Gavin, strongly considered within the county for the position up to the weekend, is no longer a contender despite several conversations with officials and others in Galway.

It’s understood several discreet expressions of interest have been made to the Galway county board as they try to find a successor to Pádraic Joyce who stepped down earlier this month after seven years in charge.