of provincial titles was secured in 1996 following a 1-13 to 1-6 defeat of Wexford once again. On 15 September 1996 Kilkenny had the chance of retaining their All-Ireland crown when they faced Galway in the decider. A 1-14 to 2-9 defeat was the result for Skehan's side. Vocational schools In 1997 Skehan helped train the Kilkenny vocational schools team. After securing the Leinster title following a defeat of Offaly, Skehan's side faced a subsequent All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Cork. Kilkenny senior selector Skehan has also served as a selector with the Kilkenny senior hurlers under Brian Cody. During his tenure as a selector in the early 2000s (decade) Kilkenny captured back-to-back All-Ireland titles in 2002 and 2003. Those two years also saw Skehan guide the Leinster provincial team to back-to-back Railway Cup titles. Post-playing career In retirement from playing Skehan, as well as maintaining a keen interest in the game, has also come to be regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all-time. In 1997 he took charge of the Kilkenny intermediate hurling team for the newly revived All-Ireland series of games. He guided his county to the championship decider in 1998, however, Kilkenny were defeated by Limerick on that occasion. Following Kevin Fennelly's departure as manager of the Kilkenny senior team at the end of 1998, Skehan was one of the names mentioned as a possible successor. The job eventually went to his former team-mate Brian Cody. Skehan was one of Kilkenny's best prospects for the goalkeeping position on the Team of the Millennium, however, he faced still opposition from such legends as his fellow county man Ollie Walsh, Cork's Ger Cunningham and Wexford's Art Foley. In the end the honour went to Tipperary's three in-a-row winning 'keeper Tony Reddin. He was also beaten into second place for the 'keeper position on the Kilkenny Hurling Team of the Century. In spite of this Skehan is unique among exponents of Gaelic games. Only Henry Shefflin, with 10 All-Ireland medals won on the field of play between 1999 and 2014, has surpassed the astonishing record of nine All-Ireland medals won by Skehan from 1963 to 1983. With three of those medals won as a substitute, his record is surpassed by the eight All-Ireland's won by both Christy Ring and John Doyle, which were all won on the field of play. On 7 February 2008 Skehan was profiled on the