Seán Cullinane (born 1966) is a retired Irish
hurler who formerly played with
Passage at club level and with
Waterford at inter-county level.
Seán was both
Passage and
Waterford's number one full back for the late 1990s and at the start of the 2000s. Seán's final match for
Waterford came on 11 June 2001 against
Limerick at
Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Seán's inter-county career finished on a sour note, losing to Limerick by 3 points, after having led the match by 11 points after 16 minutes.[1] Since Seán's retirement, it can be said that
Waterford GAA have failed to successfully replace him at full back with a number of players such as
Tom Feeney,
Kevin Moran,
Declan Prendergast and
Ken McGrath all having been tried out at the position.
Seán having now finished as a player at senior level, is head trainer at
Passage.
In addition, he was announced as the second shock replacement in a week for the Waterford senior management team, alongside Kend Mcgrath for Nicky Cashin. Seán will act as defensive selector and coach under Michael Ryan for the 2012 season, replacing Br. Philip Ryan of Mt.Sion from 26/03/2012 onwards.