He is to be officially ratified in September
The Management Committee of Kildare County Board met yesterday evening and agreed to a proposal from the five-person committee, set up to search for a new manager, to appoint Brian Flanagan as the new senior football manager.
The proposal will now go for approval to the next meeting of the
Flanagan will have with him Aidan O'Rourke, the former Armagh All-Ireland winner who served a year with Kieran McGeeney during his seven years with Kildare.
O'Rourke has won five
Joining Flanagan and O'Rourke will be former Kildare players Castledermot's Damian Hendy and Moorefield's Daryl Flynn as selectors.