 In what was his last major game for the club, Coughlan ended on the losing side for the sixth time in his career after the 1-12 to 1-09 defeat.Coughlan first played for Cork as a member of the minor football team during the 1963 Munster Championship.He made his first appearance for the team on 14 July 1963 when he was selected at left corner-back in Cork's 0-08 apiece draw with Kerry in the Munster final.