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The 42
29-07-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Sligo appoint Sloyan and O'Hara as joint senior football managers
DESSIE SLOYAN AND Eamonn O'Hara have been appointed as joint managers of the Sligo senior football team on a three-year term. The Sligo GAA county committee ratified the appointment last night, and it was announced on social media this morning. The county committee night ratified the appointment of 5 intercounty management teams for the 2026 season. Dessie Sloyan @EaskeyGAA and Eamonn O'Hara @TourlestraneGaa ween installed as joint senior football managers for a three-year term — Sligo GAA (@sligogaa) July 29, 2025 Advertisement Donegal 2012 All-Ireland winner Eamonn McGee is also involved as coach/selector, with Con O'Meara named as head coach. Sean Boyle will continue as strength and conditioning coach, with further additions planned ahead of the 2026 inter-county season. Sloyan steered the Sligo U20s to a Connacht championship title in 2022, while similarly, O'Hara has been making his way in management since finishing his playing career. The 2007 Connacht champion guided Mohill to back to back Leitrim senior football titles in '23 and '24, and was co-manager of his home club, Tourlestrane, as they won five Sligo senior crowns. He previously worked with Sloyan and the county's U20s. The former Sligo footballers succeed Tony McEntee, who stepped down last month after five years at the helm. The Crossmaglen man announced his decision following Sligo's Tailteann Cup quarter-final defeat to Fermanagh. *****
Irish Daily Mirror
29-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Sligo GAA unveil 'dream team' as joint managers and surprise big name coach
Sligo GAA have appointed Eamonn O'Hara and Dessie Sloyan as joint managers - with Donegal All-Ireland winner Eamon McGee also part of a dream ticket. All Star forward O'Hara and his former Sligo team mate Sloyan have been handed a three year term with a review at the end of every season. The new Sligo Head Coach will be Con O'Meara, who was joint manager of the Coolera-Strandhill side, alongside John McPartland, which landed a shock Connacht title last year and have gone back-to-back in the county. This is former Donegal star Eamon McGee's first foray into inter-county coaching. Sloyan (Easkey) and O'Hara (Tourlestrane), who have enjoyed major success on the coaching front, will make further additions to their backroom team. The duo led Sligo to their first ever Connacht under-20 title (2022) with Sloyan as manager and O'Hara as coach, while Sloyan was Longford Head Coach for the past two seasons. Sloyan is also in his third year as a coach/selector with Mayo side Knockmore and was also a Sligo selector for three years under Kevin Walsh (2009-11). O'Hara, who boasts an incredible record on the club managerial scene, is currently managing Roscommon club Boyle. The 2002 All Star managed Mohill (Letirim) to county titles in 2023 and 2024 and was joint manager with his own Tourlestrane for a county five in a row (2016-20). Sean Boyle continues at the team's strength and conditioning coach, with Stephen Gilmartin (Tubbercurry) staying on as team doctor. Alan Dunne is lead physio and rehabilitation and Aidan Carty continues as kit man. Sligo have also appointed an under-20 football manager, with Stephen Henry (Tourlestrane) taking over for the 2026 season. Meanwhile, Limerick man Tom Hennessy will manage the Sligo hurlers on a two year term with an annual review. Hennessy was lead coach with the team in 2025. He will be joined by Reece Armstrong and specialist goalkeeping coach Derek Kelly. Sligo GAA chairperson Declan Rouse praised the candidates who had come forward for the various posts. He said: 'There has been a lot of work done over the past decade not only to develop our games but also to develop coaches and coaching. 'It is very gratifying to see coaching teams of real quality and depth coming through at all levels within Sligo up to and including our senior teams. 'We wish each of the teams selected and their playing panels every success for the 2026 season.'
RTÉ News
29-07-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Dessie Sloyan and Eamonn O'Hara named as Sligo joint-managers
Former Sligo players Dessie Sloyan and Eamonn O'Hara have been appointed as joint-managers of the county's senior football squad on a three-year term. The duo, who were ratified at Monday night's county board meeting, take over from Tony McEntee, who stepped down after five years at the helm following Sligo's defeat to Fermanagh in the Tailteann Cup quarter-finals. Sloyan managed the Yeats County to their first Connacht U-20 title success in 2022 and more recently was part of the Longford senior set-up under Paddy Christie. He also managed his club Easkey and is currently on the coaching ticket at Mayo club Knockmore. O'Hara, an All-Star in 2002, scored the decisive goal in Sligo's Connacht final win over Galway in 2007. Moving into management, he guided his native Tourlestrane to five county titles on the spin, before overseeing back-to-back crowns with Mohill in Leitrim. He currently manages Roscommon club Boyle. Sloyan and O'Hara's backroom team will include Con O'Meara, who was joint-manager of the Coolera-Strandhill side that won a maiden Connacht club title in 2024, and Donegal All-Ireland winner Eamon McGee.
Geek Tyrant
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Mike Flanagan's CARRIE Series Casts Samantha Sloyan as Margaret White and Reveals Full Main Ensemble — GeekTyrant
Mike Flanagan's Carrie series at Amazon is officially taking shape, and the casting news just hit like a bucket of blood. Ten series regulars have been announced for the new adaptation of Stephen King's debut novel, including The Fall of the House of Usher standout Samantha Sloyan, who's stepping into the terrifying shoes of Margaret White, Carrie's ultra-religious and deeply disturbed mother. Fans of Flanagan's work will immediately recognize this as a fitting match. Sloyan has become one of the filmmaker's go-to collaborators, having appeared in The Haunting of Hill House , Midnight Mass , The Midnight Club , and even his 2016 film Hush . Sloyan joins previously announced leads Summer H. Howell ( Clouds, The Midnight Club ) as Carrie White and Siena Agudong ( F9, No Good Nick ) as Sue Snell. As for the other familiar name? Scream starMatthew Lillard will take on the role of Principal Grayle. The rest of the cast includes Alison Thornton ( Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce, School Spirits ) as Chris Hargensen, Thalia Dudek ( The Running Man, The Undertow ) as Emaline, Amber Midthunder ( Prey, Legion ) as Miss Desjardin, Josie Totah ( Saved by the Bell, The Buccaneers ) as Tina, Arthur Conti ( Beetlejuice Beetlejuice ) as Billy, and Joel Oulette ( Sullivan's Crossing, Trickster ) as Tommy. The show, which received an official eight-episode order from Amazon back in April 2025, is being described as a 'bold and timely reimagining' of King's classic horror tale. The story follows Carrie White (Howell), a sheltered teenager raised in isolation by her overbearing mother (Sloyan). When her father dies suddenly, Carrie is forced to enter public high school, where she's swept into a scandal that exposes the town's darkest tendencies and awakens something telekinetic inside her. Production is scheduled to begin soon in Vancouver. Flanagan will serve as showrunner, writer, executive producer, and is set to direct multiple episodes. Longtime producing partner Trevor Macy will also executive produce under their Intrepid Pictures banner. The show is backed by Amazon MGM Studios. Source: Variety
Miami Herald
15-05-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
San Jose State University beats Stanford, Cal in computer coding
San Jose State University has shot past Stanford and UC Berkeley to a top-10 spot in a ranking of U.S. universities based on a standardized computer coding test. The school leapt to the No. 9 spot this year in rankings by CodeSignal, a San Francisco company whose General Coding Assessment is widely used by major technology companies to evaluate potential hires. That position put San Jose State in front of Berkeley at No. 19 and Stanford at No. 25, a giant leap from last year, when the school was ranked 32nd, and from 2023, when it ranked 48th. "This is great news," said San Jose State engineering school dean Sheryl Ehrman, who attributed the result to eager students, talented tenure-track faculty, and part-time instructors with tech industry experience who are "really trying to impart those real-world skills." Whether the university could continue its trajectory to the top of the rankings would require a dramatic upset. This year and last year, Carnegie Mellon took No. 1 and Massachusetts Institute of Technology came in No. 2, while in 2023, MIT came out on top, followed by New York's Stony Brook University, with Carnegie Mellon at No. 3. The downtown San Jose school is an "under-told story" behind Silicon Valley's success, said South Bay Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna. "It's always been such a key component of churning out engineers, churning out people in technology," Khanna said this week. "A lot of headlines go to Stanford and Berkeley. San Jose State and Santa Clara (University) are really important contributors, and San Jose, of course, being a public school, is more accessible for folks that can't afford Stanford or Santa Clara." CodeSignal CEO Tigran Sloyan said the general coding assessment is taken by the vast majority of U.S. computer science students, and is intended to provide a "data-driven view" of people's coding ability. Students generally take it annually starting in their junior year, and can share their results with prospective employers, he said. The 70-minute test includes four questions to measure different coding skills. Launched six years ago, CodeSignal's assessment has become very popular among tech and financial companies, Sloyan said. The test, Sloyan contended, gives prospective employers a much better idea of a software engineering or software development candidate's qualifications than a resume, which may attract an employer's attention for the presence of a particularly prestigious school without any guarantee the student or graduate developed the commensurate skills. Every school has brilliant, average and mediocre students, Sloyan said. "Most companies want to go beyond resumes and find great people regardless of which schools they came from," Sloyan said. Sloyan believes San Jose State's rapid climb toward the top of the university pack in CodeSignal's rankings reflects the effectiveness of the school's faculty and programs. "Clearly San Jose State is doing something right when it comes to tech education," Sloyan said. "So far, the observation is that what they might be doing different from other schools is having a more hands-on approach to education." UC Berkeley and Stanford declined to comment on the rankings. Harshil Vyas, soon to graduate from San Jose State with a master's in software engineering, pointed to the school's tech-veteran instructors as a key benefit, along with large numbers of fellow students like him who have worked in tech and share their varied experiences with each other. The school's location in Silicon Valley is another boon, said Vyas, 25. "It's somewhat a motivation when you see the tech industry around you," Vyas said. "It helps you push to the goal." Copyright (C) 2025, Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Portions copyrighted by the respective providers.
