Laois are on the hunt for a new football manager after Mick Lillis stepped down from the position on Monday.
The Portlaoise man took the reins from Tomás Ó Flatharta last October.
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The O'Moore men were dumped out of Leinster by Dublin and were forced to replay their All-Ireland SFC Round 1A qualifier with Armagh after using one too many substitutes in their initial win.
Laois battled through that second clash but Clare edged them out in the next round to end their summer, and, as it turns out, bring the curtain down on Lillis's reign at the helm.
"It is with regret that I wish to inform you that I will not be putting myself forward for consideration as manager of Laois senior football team for the coming season," he said in a statement issued on the county's Facebook page.
"I wish to put on record my thanks to the following: the players who worked tirelessly and selflessly to improve the Laois team; the backroom team of selectors, coach, doctor, physios, stats, kit men and caterers who worked extremely hard; and the County Board Officials who supported me as manager of Laois.
"I would like to wish the new management team every success in tackling the issues that pertain in Laois football."
The Laois County Board will meet in the coming days to begin the process of finding a new man.
