Tyrone seeking new manager as Dooher and Logan depart Red Hands

Brian Dooher and Feargal Logan led Tyrone to an All-Ireland in 2021

All-Ireland winners Brian Dooher and Feargal Logan have left their roles as joint-managers of Tyrone's senior footballers.

The pair succeeded Mickey Harte in late 2020, lifting Sam Maguire in their first season after victory over Mayo in the final of September 2021.

In doing so, Dooher became just the fifth man to captain and manage his county to an All-Ireland SFC, a feat matched by Armagh's Kieran McGeeney this year.

Tyrone GAA chairman Martin Sludden said in a statement that the pair had "simply made wonderful history for us, time and again, in place after place, and in so many ways".

That surprise All-Ireland triumph followed on from an Ulster title that same year, but the following seasons failed to yield similar successes.

The defending champions came into 2022 with a changed panel and were stunned at home by Derry in the Ulster quarter-finals, beaten resoundingly 1-18 to 0-10, before losing by six points to Armagh in the first round of the All-Ireland qualifiers.

The 2023 season brought quarter-final defeats in both Ulster and the All-Ireland, the latter at the hands of Kerry by a score of 2-17 to 0-12, but in December the pair were ratified for a second three-year term.

Nine months later, however, they have stepped down following another disappointing championship season.

Brian Dooher also won three All-Irelands as a player, the latter two as captain

Despite retaining their Division One status in the Allianz League, they were beaten by Donegal in the semi-finals of the Ulster Championship and their campaign came to a close with defeat to Roscommon at the preliminary quarter-final stage of the All-Ireland.

Dooher was appointed Northern Ireland's new chief veterinary officer in March, while Logan was absent from the sidelines for parts of last season after suffering a stroke in February.

Tyrone county secretary Michael Kerr praised Dooher and Logan not just for delivering "supreme prizes" while in charge of Tyrone, but in how they guided the Red Hands through the Covid-19 pandemic.

“Brian’s and Feargal’s contributions to Tyrone GAA are just monumental,” he said.

“Too often we focus on what people achieve, but in the broader picture the how and the why are probably more important.

“Brian and Feargal have delivered the supreme prizes for Tyrone but they’ve always done that in the right way. And never more so than in the Covid throes, when they unapologetically prioritised the wellbeing of our players and then dealt so well with the serious impacts of the virus on our panel.”

Tyrone are the third Ulster county seeking a new management team for the 2025 season, joining Derry and Monaghan after Mickey Harte and Vinny Corey respectively announced they would not return.