Waterford FC have announced that David Breen will lead their Men's U20 Academy side for the 2025 season, as well as maintaining his current first-team coaching role.
Breen, who lined out for the Blues across various stints during his player career, made the move to coaching in 2013 where he was named assistant manager, before spending some time with the Academy in 2017. He holds the all time appearance record for the League of Ireland First Division at 299.
He returned to the first-team in 2022 as part of Ian Morris’ backroom staff, before leading the side as interim head coach alongside Gary Hunt for 6 games later that season where they maintained a 100% winning record in that spell.
Breen has worked closely with now head-coach Keith Long closely over the past two-seasons, as he now takes up the role as our MU20 Head Coach, which will play an important role in the link between our academy & first-team going forward.
The former Blues player took charge of the side that defeated Bandon AFC at the RSC on Friday night in the Munster Senior Cup 3rd-round tie.
Speaking on his appointment, Breen outlined how important it was to have that link within the club, and how much he’s looking forward to getting to work:
“I’m delighted to be involved with the academy now along with the first-team, looking to create that link between the two & work with the academy which is already a good set-up. I’m looking forward to getting hands-on & getting in there and try develop that link. It’s a good bunch of players in there. I’m not going in to try and change anything with the academy, I’m just there to try & improve the squad. It’s huge to have that link between the first-team & academy, because we train at different times obviously & it’s hard for Keith [Long] to see everyone, so hopefully I can help him on that side in terms of making decisions on players going forward, along with the help of Sean Geoghegan & Mike Geoghegan, and just try & build on what is already a good relationship”.
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