Croke Park has insisted that Kerry manager Jack O'Connor won't be breaking any rules when he takes up a new part-time coaching position later this year.

Full-time employees are banned from being part of an inter-county management team but O'Connor, who is due to become Coaching Co-Coordinator for Kerry VEC, won't be in breach of any rules as it isn't a full-time job.

"Any involvement he has with the VEC, either as a teacher or in a coaching capacity, is his own personal business," Croke Park's Games Manager Pat Daly told the Irish Daily Star.

"The rule only applies to people employed as a full-time coach within the GAA, or other employees of the GAA."

Vice-principal of Colaiste na Sceilge who he guided to a Hogan Cup success last year, O'Connor's new role is aimed at revitalising Gaelic football in the vocational schools.

"We are delighted to have the top football coach in the county and probably in the country on board and he will a huge positive for us," Kerry VEC Games Committee secretary George Dennis said.

"He will taking up his new role in September and it will involve Jack visiting the various vocational schools one day a week and taking the first and second years, mainly for a coaching sessions."

The All-Ireland winning manager will be available to schools in Killorglin, Castleisland, Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí (Tralee), Listowel and Killarney, along with Causeway CS, which fields teams in hurling as well as football. Tweet

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