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Pat Shovelin is a Gaelic football coach from Ardara, County Donegal. He is currently the goalkeeping coach for the Donegal senior football team. He represents his local club Ardara. Donegal won the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final and are All-Ireland Champions, the highest achievement in the sport of Gaelic football.
As Donegal goalkeeping coach Shovelin is responsible for the training of county netminders Paul Durcan, Michael Boyle and Peter Boyle. He considers Durcan to be as influential as Peter Schmeichel.
Shovelin graduated through the ranks with manager Jim McGuinness, with the pair previously working together with the Donegal under-21 football team. He is married and had his first child on the Wednesday before Donegal won the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.
Shovelin was with Donegal when they won the NFL Division 2 title at Croke Park. He has been awarded medals on the basis of Donegal successes at senior and U21 levels.