Declan Kidney

Declan Kidney
Birth name	Declan Kidney
Date of birth	20 October 1959
Place of birth	Bishopstown, Cork, Ireland
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Director of Rugby
Current team	London Irish
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
	University College Cork; Dolphin
Coaching career
Years	Team
1998–2002; 2002–2004; 2004; 2004–2005; 2005–2008; 2008–2013; 2013–2018; 2018–2023	Munster (assistant coach); Ireland (assistant coach); Newport Gwent Dragons (head coach); Leinster (head coach); Munster (head coach); Ireland (head coach); UCC (Director of Sport); London Irish (Director of Rugby)
	Correct as of 6 June 2023

Declan Kidney (born 20 October 1959) is an Irish rugby union coach. He was the head coach of the Ireland national rugby union team from 2008 to 2013, where he won the 2009 Six Nations with a Grand Slam, winning the 2009 IRB Coach of the Year award. He was also the head coach at Munster, leading them to four Heineken Cup finals, winning twice in 2006 and 2008. He was recently Director of Rugby at London Irish.

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