St Mirren have appointed former Hibernian boss Alan Stubbs as their new manager on a three-year-deal.
The 46-year-old was the club’s preferred candidate after also interviewing Gary Caldwell, Jim McIntyre and Oran Kearney.
He succeeds Jack Ross, who left for Sunderland after St Mirren’s promotion.
“I’m really excited by the challenge ahead and look forward to building on the good work that’s been done here,” Stubbs told the St Mirren website.
“Now the hard work starts to get the squad ready for an exciting season ahead.”
Ross, 42, left for Sunderland after St Mirren won the Championship.
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Stubbs, who has never previously managed in Scotland’s top flight, has been out of management since October 2016.
He moved to Rotherham shortly after leading Hibs to their 2016 Scottish Cup final defeat of Rangers but left after 14 games in charge of the Millers.
As a player, the defender featured for Bolton, Celtic, Everton, Sunderland and Derby. He returned to Everton as assistant manager of their under-21s side and was promoted to manager of that team before heading north to join Hibs in 2014.
And St Mirren chief executive Tony Fitzpatrick said: “We’d like to thank all who applied for the role as St Mirren manager.
“There were a number of good applicants for the role but we felt that Alan was the outstanding candidate.
“I look forward to working with him over the coming weeks and months as we gear up for the Premiership.”
Source: BBC news
