Mickey Harte has agreed a two year extension to his term as Louth manager.
That means the three-time Tyrone senior All-Ireland winning manager will be in charge of the Wee County until the end of the 2025 season.
This is Harte’s second year with Louth, who are on the verge of back to back promotions.
A win in Sunday’s Division 3 encounter against Wicklow at Aughrim will see Louth play Division 2 football next year.
If Harte sees out his term it will take his time with Louth to five years, and mean he has been involved in inter-county football for 35 consecutive seasons.
Harte started out as Tyrone minor manager in 1991. He took the Tyrone senior job in late 2002 after landing two under-21 All-Ireland titles to go with one at minor level.
The Errigal Ciaran man has been in charge of inter-county senior teams for 20 years in a row without a break, having moved straight from Tyrone to Louth at the end of the 2020 season.
“Mickey came in on a three-year term, but we met him lately and told him we were fully behind him and that we were not looking for a short-term fix," Louth GAA chairman Peter Fitzpatrick told RTE.
"The result of that chat was that Mickey and Gavin (Devlin) agreed to stay an extra two years with us. So, it will be a five-year term with Louth in total.
“We want to have a steady train of improvement.
“We do not want to be up and down the divisions or tiers. We wanted to show Mickey that we were giving a full commitment ourselves and we have done.
“He has been exceptional for us too. Gavin's coaching is top-class. I have been involved 40 years with Louth GAA and I never seen the buzz that is there now."
Louth will open their championship campaign against Carlow next month.
If they finish in the top two in Division 3, which appears likely they will avoid the Tailteann Cup and compete for the All-Ireland.
