Jack Cooney (born 1971) is a Gaelic football manager and former player for the Westmeath county team.
Cooney began playing for Westmeath when he was 17 years of age, which was in 1988, and after playing became involved as a selector, including with the Páidí Ó Sé-led 2004 Leinster Senior Football Championship Final-winning team.
[2] He played for Westmeath for twelve years, coaching the team for six years under the management of Páidí Ó Sé, Tomás Ó Flatharta and Luke Dempsey before the county board gave him the senior managerial job.
[3] Cooney managed Coralstown/Kinnegad to the 2011 Westmeath Intermediate Football Championship title.
[8] However, Cooney resigned unexpectedly in August 2022 to take up a player development role at national level within the GAA.