and Leinster SFC in his first season as manager: calls for Kearns to be sacked after one season, with former players and club delegates saying "the man has to go", went unheeded. He lasted until August 2008. Tipperary Kearns led Aherlow to the 2010 Tipperary Senior Football Championship title. In November 2015, Kearns was named as manager of the Tipperary senior football team. In June 2016, Tipperary reached the Munster SFC final after a 3–15 to 2–16 win against Cork. They went on to defeat Derry by a scoreline of 1–21 to 2–17 in round 3A of the qualifiers to reach the All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals for the first time. On 31 July 2016, Tipperary defeated Galway in the All-Ireland SFC quarter-final at Croke Park to reach a first All-Ireland SFC semi-final since 1935. On 21 August 2016, Mayo defeated Tipperary in the semi-final by a scoreline of 2–13 to 0–14. On 8 April 2017, Tipperary won the Division 3 final of the 2017 National Football League after a 3–19 to 0–19 win against Louth at Croke Park. On 9 June 2019, Kearns resigned as Tipperary senior football team manager after defeat to Down in the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. After resigning as Tipperary manager, Kearns became manager of Roscommon GAA club Clann na nGael. Offaly On 11 August 2022, Kearns was announced as Offaly manager, succeeding John Maughan. References External links Hogan Stand article Laois Nationalist article Leinster Express article 1962 births Living people Austin Stacks Gaelic footballers Gaelic football coaches Gaelic football managers Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers