Queensland Cricket have confirmed their most successful captain, ex-Test batsman Stuart Law, is now their new coach.
Law replaces new Australian Test coach Darren Lehmann in a deal that ensures he takes over the reins of not only the Queensland team but also the Brisbane Heat Twenty20 side for the next three years.
The 44-year-old will officially start on August 27 after completing his stint as Cricket Australia high-performance coach at Brisbane's Centre of Excellence but will attend the Bulls' pre-season camp on the Sunshine Coast this weekend.
Law, who played one Test for Australia in 1995-96, this week edged out former teammate Wade Seccombe as the preferred candidate from 15 applicants.
He served as an interim batting coach for the Test team last season.
It is another feather in the cap for Law who coached both Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in the past two years after finishing his career in England with 79 first-class centuries.
Law's first job will be to take the Heat into the Champions League T20 competition in India in September.
The former Bulls skipper was a stylish right-handed batsman and renowned as one of the most hard-nosed and unlucky domestic players throughout the 1990s.
He led Queensland to their maiden Sheffield Shield triumph in 1994-95 and also captained the Bulls to Shield titles in 1996-97 and a hat-trick from 1999-2000 to 2001-02.
However, Law played only one Test, scoring 54 not out in Perth against Sri Lanka, but enjoyed 54 one-day internationals for Australia.
