Damian Diver

Inter-county Diver first featured on the county panel in 1994. He made his debut in an away game to Meath in Navan in the 1994–95 National Football League, during which he marked Colm Coyle and Trevor Giles. Based in Dublin as a student with DIT while training to become a quantity surveyor at the time, Diver did not expect to play and was thus not monitoring his diet. He played in the 1998 Ulster Senior Football Championship final.

Diver made an appearance as a first-half substitute against Armagh in the 2002 Ulster SFC final. He then played against Dublin in the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship (in which Donegal earned a replay), but Diver returned home on the bus with only three teammates. He played in an All-Ireland SFC semi-final later that year. He played in the 2004 Ulster SFC final, after Donegal defeated All-Ireland champions Tyrone in the semi-final. He announced his retirement from inter-county football in November 2006. Donegal won the National Football League less than six months later.

Never an All Star, Diver was, however, selected as a replacement All Star (2003 vintage) ahead of an exhibition game in 2005 due to Tom Kelly breaking his collarbone.

Coaching career Upon being appointed Donegal manager in 2010, Jim McGuinness appointed Diver as a defensive and strength and conditioning coach. However, Diver was unable to commit and missed out on winning Ulster SFC titles in 2011 and 2012, as well as the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

In September 2013, McGuinness parted ways with his backroom team. Diver was a selector when Donegal reached the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

When McGuinness departed after this game, Diver was linked with the managerial vacancy.

In 2017, Diver was coaching under-10s with his club.

Honours County Ulster Senior Football Championship runner-up: 1998, 2002 2004, 2006 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship runner-up: 2014 (selector)

Club Donegal Senior Football Championship: 2000?, 2004?