McEntee managed Meath to the final of the 2012 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship.
He led Ballyboden St Enda's of Dublin to the 2015–16 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship.
In 2019, he led Meath back to Division 1 of the National Football League for the first time since 2006.
[4] Then McEntee was unexpectedly appointed as Antrim county football team senior manager on a three-year term.
[8] Another brother, Shane, was a Fine Gael politician, who was a Teachta Dála (TD) from 2005 until his death in 2012.