Lisa Fallon joins Galway backroom team under Éamonn Fitzmaurice

UEFA Pro Licence holder Lisa Fallon is set to join Galway as a coach under manager Éamonn Fitzmaurice, irishexaminer.com reported. The former Galway United manager will form part of the new backroom setup for the 2027 season. Fitzmaurice is a Kerry All-Ireland winner who manages the Galway senior football team. [1][3]

The reported backroom ticket also includes several other coaches and officials, according to irishexaminer.com. Dave Morris of Corofin, Gary O'Donnell of Tuam, Gareth Bradshaw of Maigh Cuilinn, and current under-20 manager Kevin Johnston are all understood to be joining the management setup alongside Fallon. [1]

Fallon has previously worked as a coach and analyst with Chelsea Women and Cork City, irishexaminer.com reported. She also worked with the Dublin football panel during the tenure of manager Jim Gavin. [1]

In 2021, Fallon became the first female head coach of a professional men's football team in Ireland or the United Kingdom when Galway United FC appointed her in the League of Ireland First Division. She previously became the first female manager of an Irish male senior team in 2013 with Lakelands FC. She also works in the Global Football Development Division at FIFA. [2]

Fitzmaurice played senior football for Kerry before managing the county team between 2012 and 2018. During his career, he became one of a small group of people to win All-Ireland Senior Football Championship titles as both a player and a manager. [3]