Education
He studied to become a mathematics teacher, in which position he was appointed at Presentation Brothers College, Cork, and later became the career guidance officer
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He studied to become a mathematics teacher, in which position he was appointed at Presentation Brothers College, Cork, and later became the career guidance officer
Kidney played rugby for UCC and later for Dolphin Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He took on the role of rugby coach at the school, where he had initial success as coach of the junior and later senior side. Early career After this Tournament he joined. His initial stint at ended in 2002, when he left to become Ireland"s assistant coach.
He was replaced at by Alan Gaffney.
In the summer of 2004, he became coach at Newport Gwent Dragons. However in August 2004, after only 3 months in the job, he left to join Leinster.
Success with Ireland Kidney was succeeded as coach in July 2008 by Tony McGahan, when Kidney became the Irish national coach. He coached the Irish team to the Grand Slam and Triple Crown in Cardiff"s Millennium Stadium on 21 March 2009, in his first year as head coach.
In June 2009, coached Ireland Wolfhounds, then known as Ireland A, to their first Churchill Cup.
On 28 November 2009, he was awarded Institutional Review Board Coach of the Year. He led Ireland to the quarter finals of the 2011 Rugby World Cup, where they were defeated 22–10 by Wales. Ireland"s international fortunes declined after 2009 with a poor string of results, which was the antithesis to the success of its provinces Leinster, Ulster, Connacht and
They suffered their heaviest defeat in history and slipped to their worst Institutional Review Board World Ranking of 9th.
After finishing 5th in the 2013 Six Nations Championship, the IRFU, on 2 April 2013, took the decision to terminate Kidney"s contract. UCC In August 2013, Kidney was appointed as the Director of Sport and Physical Activity at UCC. Ireland Institutional Review Board Under 19 Rugby World Championship (1) 1998 Churchill Cup (1): 2009 Triple Crown (1): 2009 Six Nations Championship (1): 2009 (Grand Slam) Individual Institutional Review Board International Coach of the Year 2009.
