Here's your Jim McGuinness Sigerson Cup pic of the day

Plus 19 others of current inter-county figures in action in their third-level Gaelic football days. Check out some of the hairstyles.

THESE DAYS JIMMY McGuinness is Donegal’s All-Ireland winning boss, performance coach to the aspiring soccer players at Celtic and sometimes advisor to Europe’s Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley.

But before all that, McGuiness cut his cloth on the Gaelic football fields.

And while he lined out with distinction for his club Naomh Conaill and his county Donegal, McGuinness also shone on the Sigerson Cup stage winning three medals with IT Tralee (2) and UUJ.

The semi-finals of the third-level competition take place this afternoon in Athlone with DCU facing DIT while UCC meet Athlone IT.

The students involved will be seeking to emulate well-known names like McGuinness who passed their university Gaelic football exams with distinction over the years.

Here’s a snapshot of those players in their pomp as college stars.

Here's your Jim McGuinness Sigerson Cup pic of the day

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Billy Sheehan (UCC) and Aidan O'Rourke (UUJ) - 2001
Jim McGuinness (UUJ) - 2001
2001
Derry attacker Paddy Bradley won a Sigerson medal with UUJ in the final against UCD 12 years ago.
2003
Kerry's Marc Ó Sé in action for NUI Maynooth a decade ago. His opponent in this game is Cormac Bane of Galway.
2003
Ten years ago Kerry's Aidan O'Mahony lined out for Cork ITagainst 2002 Armagh All-Ireland winner Paddy McKeever of Queen's. In 2008 O'Mahony lost the Sigerson final with the Garda College.
2005
Mayo's Andy Moran has happy Sigerson memories. Here he is in action in 2005 in the semi-final for IT Sligo against UCC, a year he won a medal to add to his triumph the year before. In 2008 he won his third Sigerson with UUJ.
2005
Eamon McGee lined out in defence for Donegal last year as they won the All-Ireland and added to the Sigerson medal he won with IT Sligo against Queen's University eight years ago.
2006
Mayo's Conor Mortimer shot 0-4 for DCU during their Sigerson Cup final win seven years ago against Queen's University.
2007
Bernard Brogan, in action here against UUJ, had been part of the historic first DCU Sigerson Cup winning team a year previously.
2007
Last year's Allstar winner Colm O'Neill featured for Cork IT in the Sigerson, winning a medal in 2009. Here he plays against NUI Maynooth in a game six years ago.
2007
Cork's Paul Kerrigan lost this semi-final with Cork IT to Queen's University. Two years later he landed the elusive medal.
2008
Donegal's Karl Lacey (right) was part of the triumphant UUJ side in 2008.
2009
Paul Flynn, captain of DCU this year, lined out for Dublin IT four years ago, a season when they reached the Sigerson Cup decider.
2009
The closest Galway's Sean Armstrong came was in 2009 when his NUIG side lost out by a point in the semi-final to eventual champions Cork IT.
2010
UCD's Cian O'Sullivan and DCU's Paul Flynn in opposition a year before they won All-Ireland senior medals together with Dublin.
2010
Dublin's Bryan Cullen in action for DCU and Kerry's John Buckley of UCC in the 2010 final. Cullen's DCU team triumphed to add to the medal he won in 2006. A year later Buckley was part of the successful UCC side.
2011
Sligo's David Kelly was a two-time Sigerson Cup winner with DCU in 2010 and 2012. He was injured in 2011 as they lost out to UCC in the quarter-final.
2011
John O'Loughlin of UCD was a regular campaigner but never managed to land the title. Here in 2011 his side lost out in the semi-final to UCC.
2012
Colm Begley of Laois claimed silverware with DCU last year.