 Coughlan ended the season by once again being named on the All-Star Team while he was also selected as the Texaco Hurler of the Year.Coughlan lined out at left wing-back in a third successive Munster final on 30 July 1978.He ended the game with a fifth winners' medal after the 0-13 to 0-11 defeat of Clare for the second year in-a-row.