The 2016 season was Liam Kearns's first year as manager of the senior Tipperary county football team. Tipperary recorded their first victory over Cork in the Munster Senior Football Championship since 1944 and reached the All-Ireland semi-finals for the first time since 1935. In November 2015, Liam Kearns had been named as the new manager of the senior Tipperary county football team.