Maxi Curran
Gaelic football manager
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Maxi Curran is a Gaelic football manager from Downings, County Donegal.
He attended Mulroy College in Milford for his secondary education.[1]
Curran succeeded McGuinness as Donegal under-21 football team manager on 19 January 2012.[2] He has also been manager of the Donegal under-16 and minor football teams and clubs County Donegal and County Tyrone.[3][4] He has also been a manager in ladies' Gaelic football,[5] but gave that up in 2023.[6]
In Curran's first season as Donegal under-21 football team manager, Donegal were beaten in Ulster by Tyrone.[7] Part of the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final-winning team, he was with them when they appeared on The Late Late Show.
Curran took charge of Donegal for the 2013 Dr McKenna Cup.[8] He resigned as a selector for the senior team in 2013.[9] McGuinness ousted him.[10][11]
As the club's first outside manager, Curran led St Eunan's to the 2014 Donegal SFC title and, in the process, became the first man from Downings with an SFC medal.[12][13][14]
Curran was also said to be involved in senior team preparations ahead of the 2016 Dr McKenna Cup, alongside Jack Cooney, Rory Gallagher and Brendan Kilcoyne.[15]
In December 2019, Curran was unveiled as manager of the Donegal Under-14 Academy Squad.[16]
In November 2020, and ahead of the 2021 season, Curran took over as team trainer at the Gaoth Dobhair club under the management of Kevin Cassidy and Joe Duffy.[17][18]
He succeeded Michael Murphy as manager of LYIT in 2022.[19]
After a spell working with Truagh Gaels, he took over as manager of his native club Na Dúnaibh for 2024, working alongside his brother Barney Curran.[20] He managed Na Dúnaibh in the 2024 Donegal SFC.[21][22] He continued to manage the club in 2025.[23] He was announced as The Loup manager at the end of 2025.[24]