Burnley have appointed Brian Laws as manager on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
The ex-Clarets player, sacked by Championship side Sheffield Wednesday in December, succeeds Owen Coyle, who joined Bolton last week.
Laws, who will be unveiled at a 1530 GMT news conference on Wednesday, beat Doncaster's Sean O'Driscoll to the job.
"I have had an affinity with this club for a long time and I am honoured to have the privilege of managing them in the Premier League," Laws said.
He added on the club's website: "I am sure there are a lot of Burnley fans asking, 'Why Brian Laws?'
"Well let me tell you, I have followed Burnley since I was 16 years old, when I joined the club. This is a fantastic opportunity. Owen Coyle has done a fantastic job at this club. Nobody can ever take that away and I wouldn't want to even try.
"But at this moment in time he has dropped the baton and we want to pick it up with the supporters and drive on over the finishing line, which means we will have stayed in the Premier League.
"That is our drive and ambition and I will do everything in my power to achieve that because this great club is where it should be."
The first mission for Laws will be to ensure the Clarets do not get dragged into a relegation battle, with Burnley - in the top flight for the first time since 1976 and currently only two points above the drop zone - on 20 points after 20 games.
O'Driscoll was also approached as a potential successor to Coyle, having enjoyed success at Doncaster since 2006.
However, Laws was left as the front-runner when the Championship side revealed that enquiries had been made by a Premier League club for O'Driscoll's services but these were "now at an end". BBC Website
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