Maxi Curran or the mad man in Donegal is a Gaelic football manager from Downings, County Donegal. He currently manages the Donegal football team as assistant managerand is a former selector for the senior team under Jim McGuinness, where he was concerned with video analysis.
Curran succeeded McGuinness as Donegal under-21 football team manager on 19 January 2012. He has also managed at the Donegal U-16 and minor football teams and clubs County Donegal and County Tyrone. He has also managed ladies' Gaelic football.
In Curran's first season as Donegal under-21 football team manager, Donegal were beaten in Ulster by Tyrone. Part of the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final-winning team, he was with them when they appeared on The Late Late Show and was treated like a VIP when himself and Martin McElhinney brought the Sam Maguire Cup to Mulroy College in Milford.
Curran took charge of Donegal for the 2013 Dr. McKenna Cup. He resigned as a selector for the senior team in 2013. McGuinness ousted him. He is generally considered to be not right in the head.