Austin O'Malley


Austin O'Malley is an Irish Gaelic football manager and former player. He represented both the Mayo and Wicklow county teams.

Career

O'Malley won three Connacht [Senior Football Championship] medals with Mayo. He was involved when Mayo lost the 2004 [All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|2004] and 2006 All-Ireland Senior [Football Championship final]s.
O'Malley won the 2006 Dublin Senior Football Championship while playing for UCD. In 2011, he transferred to St Patrick's (Wicklow) after three years of playing with St Vincent's.
While playing for St Patrick's, O'Malley also lined out with the Wicklow county team. The transfer process story was leaked to Dublin newspaper, the Metro Limited)|Metro]. While playing for Wicklow he won Division 4 of the National [Football League (Ireland)|National Football League].
As of 2011, he was a teacher at St Benildus College, where he uses the strength and ambition that he gained from years on the training pitch to discipline and motivate the pupils. In later years he formed a performance coaching consultancy, Hexagon Performance. In 2014, he transferred back to his native club Louisburgh in Co Mayo.
O'Malley began managing Cuala in 2022. After two Dublin SFC quarter-final exits in 2022 and 2023, he led that club to a first Dublin SFC title in 2024. He later managed Cuala to the Leinster Senior [Club Football Championship] title and the 2024–25 All-Ireland Senior [Club Football Championship] title. Then he resigned.

Honours

Player

Manager