 Coughlan remained on the bench for the entire game but claimed an All-Ireland medal after the 6-20 to 5-10 victory in the first-ever 80-minute decider.Coughlan committed solely to the Cork senior football team for the 1971 Munster Championship.He won a second Munster Championship medal on 18 July 1971 after scoring 0-10 after coming on as a substitute in Cork's 0-25 to 0-14 defeat of Kerry in the final.