Vern Cotter has been named as the new head coach of Scotland, with the New Zealander to take charge next summer.
The 51-year-old, who recently announced that he will leave Clermont Auvergne at the end of next season, will replace Andy Robinson at the helm.
Scottish Rugby chief executive Mark Dodson told the SRU's official website: "We are delighted to have secured the services of a coach of Vern's pedigree for the Scotland team.
"We did our business with Vern some months ago and we believe we have the best man for the role with our national team. It's a measure of our standing that we have him on board.
"We delayed our announcement out of respect to Clermont and Vern as they prepared for the two most important games in their season. We are satisfied that we conducted our business in an honourable fashion and are sure Clermont appreciated our discretion.
"We always knew we would secure Vern's services from June 2014, until then, he will be on hand to assist Scott Johnson and the Scotland coaching team with advice during the Autumn Tests in November and the 2014 RBS 6 Nations Championship before joining us full-time as head coach ahead of our summer tour next year."
Cotter joined Clermont in 2006.
