Former Donegal and DCU star set to be appointed as manager of Ratoath

The three time Meath SFC champions are about to appoint their fifth manager in six years.

Former minor and u-21 Donegal star, Nathan Gavigan, is set to take over as Ratoath's senior football manager for 2025. It is believed that a few formalities still need to be settled but that Gavigan will soon be appointed as the new manager of the side that has won three of the last six Meath senior championships.

The 28 year old is the son of Martin 'Rambo' Gavigan who won an All Ireland with Donegal in 1992. As a player, Nathan Gavigan won a Sigerson Cup with DCU and repersented Donegal at underage level. Gavigan's promising career was cut short due to numerous injuries. Originally a Sean MacCumhaills club man, he played his last year of football with Offaly side Doon.

Gavigan was part of the backroom team for DCU when they won their fifth freshers All- Ireland title in nine years early last year. The DCU side that started in that victorious final against University of Ulster included Ratoath's Liam Corbett and St Peter's Jack Kinlough.

The Donegal man then joined Lar Norton's backroom team as a coach for Ratoath for the 2024 SFC campaign. Gavigan is now set to succeed Norton in the hot seat for 2025 and will be hoping to guide Ratoath back to glory after a dissapointing quarter-final exit this year.