Gary McDaid

Gary McDaid is a Gaelic football manager and referee. As a club coach and manager, he contributed to three Donegal Senior Football Championship wins for Glenswilly GAA: twice as manager or joint-manager (2011, 2013) and once as coach to Michael Canning.

Club As a manager and coach of Glenswilly, he helped that team to two Donegal Senior Football Championships (2011 and 2013). During the 2011 season, McDaid criticised the county board for some scheduling decisions.

He did not manage the team in 2012, and played with the club's reserves. McDaid was part of Michael Canning's backroom team in 2016 as Glenswilly won their third county title.

McDaid was appointed to manage Glenswilly again in December 2023.

County McDaid was involved in coaching Donegal underage squads and worked under Joe McBrearty with Donegal's under-21 football team. In December 2014, McDaid joined the senior Donegal county team as a selector under manager Rory Gallagher. He stayed for one season, standing aside from the role in October 2015, citing family commitments.

In August 2017, some outlets included McDaid in list of potential candidates to succeed Gallagher as Donegal senior manager. He was not selected for the post and in November 2017 McDaid took the managerial role with Donegal's new under-20 football team. Eamon McGee and Brian Roper were in his back-room team. He continued as the under-20 manager in 2018.

McDaid resigned in September 2019, stating that "results had not been as good as they had hoped". To complete an expected third year in the role, he would reportedly have needed to "face an interview for a post ".

In 2016, in response to criticism of Glenswilly's performance in a low-scoring game, McDaid reportedly hit out at what he described as "armchair critics".

Personal life As of 2013, McDaid was teaching PE at St Eunan's College.