James Kenneth Hogan (born 1 May 1963) is an Irish former hurler who played as a goalkeeper at senior level for the Tipperary county team.

[1] Born in Lorrha, County Tipperary, Hogan first played competitive hurling whilst at school at the Presentation College, Birr.

As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions throughout his career, however, Hogan never won a Railway Cup medal.

He was educated at the local national school and later studied at the Presentation College in Birr, County Offaly.

[citation needed] Hogan began playing hurling with his local club, Lorrha–Dorrha, at a young age.

He also won two North Tipperary senior hurling championship medals, captaining his side to the title in 1989.

Tipperary won its first Munster title in 16 years following a draw and a replay with Cork in FitzGerald Stadium, Killarney .

Noel Lane scored a goal for Galway while Nicky English sent a late penalty over the bar for a point.

For the third time in as many years Tipp faced Galway in the All-Ireland series, but on this occasion the men from the West were without Tony Keady.

[8] Tipp returned in 1991 and defeated Cork in a Munster final replay giving Hogan his fourth provincial medal.

This defeat brought the curtain down on Tipp's great revival while also being an end to Hogan's inter-county career.

On 11 September 2010, Tipperary Under-21 hurlers, managed by Hogan, won the All Ireland Under-21 title by defeating Galway by 5–22 to 0–12 at Semple Stadium.