Robbie Hogan, who guided Ballyea to County and Munster Club titles last season, has confirmed he is stepping down as senior team manager due to work and family commitments.

Hogan led the club to Croke Park on St. Patrick's Day for an All Ireland Club Hurling Final appearance against Cuala of Dublin.

But at the All Ireland Final homecoming event in Drumquin, Hogan strongly hinted that he could be stepping down, saying that “five years, two months and 17 days is a long time” in any position.

According to Ballyea GAA on Clubify, Hogan "needed to be strongly persuaded by the players as well as the executive to stay on for the 2016 season."

"Although each party tried their luck again in recent days to coax him to remain on, Hogan, a self-employed tiler who will have three children in secondary school in the autumn, informed club chairman Pat Moylan over the weekend that he could not give a sixth season to the role," the club said.

 “I would like to thank Robbie so much for the five and a quarter years of outstanding dedication and professionalism to the position and for being such a gentleman to deal with,” said club chairman Pat Moylan.

“He has left the team in a far, far better place than he found it and for that we will be eternally grateful.”