Aidan O’Rourke has explained how he was more than happy to reorganise his life to take up the opportunity to work with a top county in Donegal.
O’Rourke is settling into his role as new manager Paddy Carr’s coach having just endured a difficult season with Down, where he worked under James McCartan for the second time.
The former Armagh star has also managed Louth and coached with his native county under Kieran McGeeney, having previously worked with him in Kildare.
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His most recent involvement with Down was his first at senior inter-county level in a number of years having passed up other opportunities in the meantime, most notably the Roscommon manager’s job in 2018.
“I stepped away from coaching at county level five or six years ago because my kids are at a certain age and I was heavily involved in club and coaching at that level and academy squads in Armagh,” he said.
“It was coming towards the period where I was thinking about getting involved again, taking offers seriously rather than allowing them to pass by.
