Tipperary Intermediate manager In November 2001, Sheedy took his first inter-county management position when he was appointed manager of the Tipperary intermediate hurling team. He enjoyed some early success with the team after guiding them to a
Munster Championship title after a 4--8 to 2–07 defeat of
Waterford in the final. On 21 September 2002, Tipperary suffered an eight-point defeat by
Galway in the
All-Ireland final replay.
Senior selector On 5 November 2002, Sheedy joined the Tipperary senior hurling management team as a selector under new manager
Michael Doyle. His sole season as a selector saw Tipperary suffer an early-round defeat by
Clare in the
Munster Championship before exiting the championship with a 3–18 to 0–15 defeat by
Kilkenny in the
All-Ireland semi-final.
Minor manager In September 2004, Sheedy was ratified as manager of the Tipperary minor hurling team. His first season in charge ended with a surprise
Munster semi-final defeat by
Limerick. Sheedy's second year as minor manager saw Tipperary face an early setback by losing the
Munster final to
Cork. In spite of this, used the "backdoor system" and qualified for the
All-Ireland final on 3 September 2006. A 2–18 to 2–07 victory secured Tipperary's first
All-Ireland title since
1996.
Senior manager In September 2007, Sheedy was in line to take over as manager of the Tipperary under-21 team, however, his name was also mentioned as a possible successor to
Babs Keating who had stepped down as senior team manager. After
Declan Ryan declined the senior position, Sheedy became the clear favourite for the job and his appointment for a one-year term was ratified at a meeting of the county board on 25 September 2007. Sheedy's
first year got off to a promising start with Tipperary winning the pre-season
Waterford Crystal Cup after a 3–13 to 1–13 defeat of
Waterford on 27 January 2008. During the
2008 National League, Tipperary recorded three wins and two draws to finish second in Division 1B and secure a place in the knock-out stages. Subsequent defeats of
Waterford and
Kilkenny saw Tipperary qualify for the final in which they defeated
Galway by 3–18 to 3–16 to take the title. In the subsequent
Munster Championship, Sheedy guided the team to a first defeat of
Cork in
Cork since
1923, before later winning the Munster title following a 2–21 to 0–19 defeat of
Clare in the
final. Sheedy's only defeat of the entire season came with a two-point
All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Waterford. Sheedy's reappointment as manager for another term was ratified on 21 October 2008. Sheedy's
second year got off to a bad start in the
2009 National League, Tipperary suffered a humiliating 5–17 to 1–12 defeat by Kilkenny in the group stage, however, both sides met again in the subsequent final which saw Kilkenny win by a goal after extra time. In spite of surrendering their league title, Tipperary later retained the Munster Championship title after a 4–14 to 2–16 defeat of Waterford in the
final. Having been beaten at the All-Ireland semi-final stage in 2008, Sheedy's side used the memory of that loss to secure a 24-point defeat of Limerick the following year. He later stated: "There was a lot of hurt in our dressing room this time last year, 17 August was anything but a nice day and it hurt a lot of us. We waited a year to get back up here and redeem ourselves." On 9 September 2009, Tipperary lost the
All-Ireland final to Kilkenny by 2–22 to 0–23 in a match described as one of the best ever. After the game Sheedy commented on the game and Kilkenny saying: "I felt the lads really gave it everything. We just needed a goal at some stage to really kick on, push on. We'd one or two chances, but found
P. J. Ryan on a very good day today, but these lads have done everything I've asked of them in last eight months, everything I could possible want them to, so to just come up short is very, very disappointing, we knew we were facing the best team in probably the history of the game". Sheedy's
third season in charge saw Tipperary fail to make the knock-out stage of the National League before being defeated by Cork in the
Munster quarter-final. The 3–15 to 0–14 defeat was Tipperary's biggest loss to Cork in 68 years. Sheedy came in for harsh criticism from his predecessor Babs Keating: "I think if Liam and his selectors sat down with us at that stage for a couple of hours, they needn't necessarily have taken our ideas on board, that he could have taken a few shortcuts along the way and he'd be in a better position today than he is". Tipperary regrouped in the All-Ireland Qualifiers before securing a place in the
All-Ireland final against Kilkenny on 5 September 2010, where Sheedy guided the team to their 26th
All-Ireland title. The 4–17 to 1–18 victory prevented their
arch rivals from achieving a record-breaking fifth successive championship title. On 7 October 2010, it was announced that Sheedy would be stepping down from his position as Tipperary manager. The manager and his selectors, who found themselves working up to 16 hours a day during their three-year term, cited work commitments as the reason for stepping down and he thanked the county board for their "top class" support. Sheedy was subsequently named as the
Philips Sports Manager of the Year.
Munster Sheedy was named as the manager of the
Munster inter-provincial hurling team on 7 January 2012. His first year in the position saw Munster being defeated by
Leinster at the semi-final stage of the
Interprovincial Championship. On 3 March 2013, Sheedy guided Munster to their first Interprovincial Championship title in six years after a 1–22 to 0–15 defeat of
Connacht in the final. He remained as manager of the team until 2015.
Portroe In 2012, Sheedy was appointed coach of the
Portroe senior hurling team, with his brother
John Sheedy serving as manager. On 22 July 2012, Portroe won their first ever
North Tipperary Championship title after a 3–16 to 1–19 defeat of
Toomevara in the final.
Newmarket-on-Fergus In March 2012, Sheedy agreed to assist Clare club
Newmarket-on-Fergus in an advisory capacity. On 28 October 2012, Newmarket-on-Fergus won their first
Clare Championship title in 31 years after a 3–10 to 0–09 defeat of
Cratloe in the final.
Drom-Inch In 2015, Sheedy served as manager of the
Drom-Inch senior hurling team. During his one season in charge, he guided the team to the semi-final stages of the
Tipperary Championship.
Offaly After chairing a special committee to help appoint
Éamonn Kelly as manager of the
Offaly senior hurling team in September 2015, Sheedy later joined the background team in an advisory capacity. His role with the team included being involved in a training capacity, however, he had no role on match days.<
Antrim In July 2017, Sheedy was approached by
Antrim senior hurling team joint-manager
Terence McNaughton with a view to joining his management team in an advisory capacity. Accepting the offer he stated: "I’m just trying to help and support the lads to get the best out of the group, and to hopefully give them a bit of insight as someone who has been fortunate enough to have been involved with high performance teams over the years." In his role as an adviser, Sheedy linked up with the team at the Dunsilly Centre of Excellence "two or three times" a month, however, in spite of recording a victory over
Offaly, Antrim were eventually relegated from
Division 1B of the league. Sheedy's season with Antrim ended with the team securing their status in the
Joe McDonagh Cup after a relegation play-off defeat of
Kildare.
Return to Tipperary On 24 September 2018, Sheedy was appointed as manager of the Tipperary senior hurling team for a three-year term. His
first game back in charge was a 4–14 to 2–17 win against
Limerick in the
2019 Munster Senior Hurling League on 14 December 2018. Tipperary won all four games of the
2019 Munster Championship group stage and reached the
2019 Munster Final where they lost to Limerick by 2–26 to 2–14. On 18 August 2019, Tipperary beat
Kilkenny by 3–25 to 0–20 in the
All-Ireland final to win their 28th All-Ireland title and Sheedy's second as manager nine years apart. In
2020, Tipperary reached the
All-Ireland Quarter-Final where they were defeated by
Galway by 3–23 to 2–24 on 21 November in the
Gaelic Grounds. In
2021, Tipperary again reached the
All-Ireland Quarter-Final where they were defeated by
Waterford 4–28 to 2–27 on 31 July in
Páirc Uí Chaoimh. On 16 August 2021, Sheedy stepped down as manager after three years in charge. ==Career statistics==