Fermanagh GAA has taken a bold step forward with the appointment of two new full time coaching positions. 
These roles are outside and in addition to the coaching roles already in the county with Fermanagh native and former county man Shaun Doherty and Eoin Bradley from Killyclogher County Tyrone the two men in position.
Doherty has been appointed Football Development Coordinator with Bradley in position as Athletic Development Coach. 
Club Eirne, the Fermanagh fundraising group, is part funding the jobs and this represents a significant investment in youth and the future of Fermanagh GAA.
Speaking to the Impartial Reporter Doherty, who has worked as a coach in neighbouring Cavan, explained that he was delighted to get the job;
“It is just fantastic. I enjoyed my time in Cavan but to get back working at home in Fermanagh is brilliant. 
“I love coaching and to get the chance now to take up a role like this in my own county I’m just over the moon and I just hope now that I can maybe make a bit of a difference.”
Doherty is highly regarded in Cavan where he played a major role in the turn around at underage that the Breffni county has experienced over the past number of years.
The Kinawley club man is looking forward to getting to work with the youth of Fermanagh and taking his experience from Cavan he believes that it is vital that at the development squad level things are as good as they can possibly be;
“There are great coaches already in Fermanagh and I just hope I can add a bit to it. 
“From my experience working with youngsters, particularly in development squads it’s all about creating the right environment and also a challenging environment and bringing those young players up the ranks.”
Doherty will also be working closely with the clubs and he sees this as a vital role moving forward;
“As well as developing your players it is also important that you develop your coaches so that when the children are with their clubs they are getting the best of coaching so we want to be there for clubs in that respect.”
And Doherty believes the additional roles created by Fermanagh GAA is a clear sign of the intent within the county;
“I think it is a very progressive step,” he stated..
“It is clear that they are looking at the bigger picture and seeing that an extra investment in youth now will pay off down the line and we have seen that work in other counties.”
Eoin Bradley is a native of Tyrone but he is already well travelled in the GAA world having worked with the Dublin seniors, Slaughtneil and Tyrone hurlers while he has also worked for a year with Wigan Warriors in Rugby League and he too is looking forward to get going in his new role;
“I’m delighted and from speaking to people in Fermanagh everyone wants to get going now and that’s always good when there is a bit of excitement about it.”
One of Bradley’s areas of expertise is in strength and conditioning and he believes that this side of preparation is something that people don’t fully understand;
“It has a bad reputation but to be honest only about 25 percent of what I would do would be with weights; it is all about mobility. 
“I want players to be injury free, to be strong and to be fast. 
“But players being injury free is most important,” he explained before adding that he intended to start early with the youth of Fermanagh;
“It is so important to start players young, even in terms of getting the right technique and if players start young you can see a real difference when they get to minor and beyond because they are a completely different athlete,” stressed the Tyrone native.