Brendan Hackett
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| Native name | Breandán Ó hAicéad (Irish) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1960/1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Sports psychologist | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Brendan Hackett (born c.1960) is a Gaelic football manager, sports psychologist and former chief executive officer of Athletics Ireland. As of 2022, he was manager of Ballymun Kickhams. He previously managed the Longford, Offaly and Westmeath county teams during the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He has also trained the Ireland international rules football team and worked with numerous county teams as a psychologist during the 21st century.