Since retirement, Carney has maintained a national presence as commentator for RTÉ and TV analyst with The Sunday Game.
Carney was born in Bundoran, County Donegal, and grew up in Ballyshannon, He was educated at St Eunan's College, Letterkenny, where he played Gaelic football for the school team.
the favourite to take over from John Maughan as manager of the Mayo senior football side, but quickly ruled himself out of contention.
He previously managed Mayo's U21 football side, taking them to two All-Ireland finals in 1994 and 1995, both which they failed to win, as the minors did in 1991 also.
[4] In May 2012, the Irish Independent named him in its selection of Donegal's "greatest team" spanning the previous 50 years.