Devine then plied his trade with a number of Irish League clubs as well as Derry City and won the Ulster Young Footballer of the Year Award in 1994 when playing for Roy McCreadie's Omagh Town side.
However, at the end of that season Devine moved to the Brandywell for a combined fee of £42,000 which included Liam Coyle, where he provided backup to Tony O'Dowd as Derry City went on to win the title.
Following this success, Kenny lured Devine to join him at Dunfermline Athletic when he left for East End Park and he was appointed first team coach there on 5 December 2006.
Following the departure of Stephen Kenny to Shamrock Rovers in December 2011, Devine was appointed manager of Derry City on 6 January 2012, beating off Willie McStay to land the post.
[6] Prior to the 2014 League of Ireland season, Devine was linked with the assistant manager post at champions St. Patrick's Athletic, however he turned this down in favour of becoming an underage coach in the Elite Performance Club NI scheme.