 Coughlan also won a combined total of four Munster Club Championship medals and seven Cork County Championship medals across both codes.At inter-county level, Coughlan was part of the successful Cork junior football team that won the All-Ireland Championship in 1964 before later winning the All-Ireland Championship with the Cork under-21 hurling team in 1966.He joined the Cork senior football team in 1965 before linking up with the Cork senior hurling team in 1968.