Former Dublin GAA manager Jim Gavin received an honorary doctorate from a top university on Wednesday.
Dublin City University paid tribute to the legendary boss Jim Gavin by conferring him with the award.
DCU’s Director of Sport and Wellbeing, James Galvin, said: “The accomplishments of the Dublin men’s Gaelic Football senior team, while Jim Gavin has been in charge, have been truly astounding.
“Jim’s meticulous, detailed, forensic level of preparation has led Dublin to become the first ever men’s GAA team to win five All-Irelands in a row. But that is just one of an impressive array of achievements.
“Perhaps the most impressive facet of Dublin’s success was the culture Jim created, and the team’s ability to achieve draws and narrow wins out of extremely tight positions.
“That does not happen by chance. 32 of the team’s League and Championship games were decided by a goal or less.
“Of those 32, the Dubs lost just nine. That surely comes down to resilience and character. Jim made sure the Dublin camp had both.
“Always encouraging his players to have busy lives outside of sport, empathetic to their personal needs, receptive to them when they returned home from travelling and a stickler for discipline, Gavin moulded the best team culture in GAA history.”
Jim Gavin added: “I am honoured, and I am humbled by this award and I accept it on behalf of the people who have shaped me and the teams, institutions and organisations that I have been privileged to represent and serve."
