Colm Browne was a Gaelic footballer and manager with Laois. He also managed the Tipperary senior football team.
Browne won numerous honours in the game including an All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship with his club Portlaoise in 1983, a National Football League title with Laois in 1986 (and captaining that team) and an All Stars Award in 1986.
Browne is a member of the Garda SÃÂochána at Templemore.
He was ratified as manager of the Laois senior team in 2000 and left in 2002.