Kieran McKenna has been appointed as Ipswich Town manager after stepping down as Manchester United first-team coach.
The Fermanagh native has signed a three-year contract with the League One club and succeeds Paul Cook, who was sacked earlier this month.
Ipswich sit 12th in the table, nine points off the playoffs and also nine points above the relegation zone.
McKenna was brought to Old Trafford by Jose Mourinho in 2016 and was part of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's coaching staff.
The 35-year-old remained on the first-team staff when Solskjaer was sacked and replaced by interim boss Ralf Rangnick.
"Leaving a club like Manchester United was obviously a difficult decision, but I strongly believe in the opportunity to build something here," said McKenna, whose first game in charge is against Sunderland at Portman Road on Saturday.
"It feels like the right time, project and club to make my first step into first-team management.
"For now, the focus for the team has to be on a huge game on Saturday. After that, I cannot wait to meet everyone and get to work."
McKenna had his playing career cut short by injury and began coaching at Tottenham Hotspur's academy and with their youth teams.
He was highly-rated at United for his work in developing young players out of the club's academy into the first team set-up.
Martyn Pert, another member of the United coaching set-up, will be McKenna's assistant at Portman Road.
"I'm delighted to officially welcome Kieran and Martyn to the club," said Ipswich chief executive Mark Ashton.
"Kieran is a highly-respected young coach who has been working at the top level of English football and with one of the biggest clubs in world football for a number of years in Manchester United.
"He comes to the club with pedigree within the game and with exciting plans about how he is going to take the team forward. When we met, there was a clear meeting of minds in terms of how we will execute the vision of this football club."
