Brian Cody Gaelic games player

Brian Cody (born on 12 July 1954) is an Irish hurling manager and former player who played for and subsequently became manager of the Kilkenny senior team, where he has been in charge since 1998. Cody is regarded as one of the greatest managers of the modern game.Born in Sheestown, County Kilkenny, Cody first excelled at hurling whilst at school in St. Kieran's College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team, before later lining out for the under-21 side. He made his senior debut in the 1973 championship. Cody went on to play a key part for Kilkenny during a successful era for the county, and won three All-Ireland medals, four Leinster medals and two National Hurling League medals. An All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions, Cody also captained the team to All-Ireland victory in 1982.As a member of the Leinster inter-provincial team, Cody won one Railway Cup medal as a non-playing substitute in 1977. At club level he is a two-time All-Ireland medallist with James Stephens. He also won two Leinster medals and three championship medals.Throughout his career Cody made 24 championship appearances. His retirement came during the 1986 championship.In retirement from playing Cody became involved in team management and coaching in all grades at club level with James Stephens before making the leap to inter-county management in November 1998 when he was appointed manager of the Kilkenny senior team. Since then he has guided the team to unprecedented success, winning ten All-Ireland titles, twelve Leinster titles and seven National Hurling League titles.