Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend has signed a contract extension that means he will remain in charge for the 2027 World Cup in Australia.
With the 52-year-old's current deal expiring in April next year, there had been speculation recently that Newcastle Red Bulls were looking at the Scot as a potential director of rugby.
But Scottish Rugby will announce on Wednesday that he is staying.
With his first Test as coach coming in the summer of 2017, Townsend is already Scotland's longest-serving international coach in the professional era.
And, of those still in position, he is the longest-serving tier-one coach in the world. He has overseen 94 Tests, winning 53, losing 40 and drawing one, the epic 38-38 at Twickenham in 2019.
With four games at Murrayfield in the autumn - the United States, New Zealand, Argentina and Tonga - Townsend's 100th Test as Scotland coach will come in the second round of the Six Nations in February - against England in Edinburgh.
He has achieved some notable victories in his years at the helm, a first in Paris in 22 years, a first at Twickenham in 38, four Calcutta Cups in a row for the first time since 1970 and four wins in five Tests against Australia.
Scotland's capacity to play scintillating rugby has had its reward in that the contingent of Scots selected for British and Irish Lions tours has risen sharply since Townsend took over.
In the five tours pre-Townsend, Scotland's representation in the original squad numbered three, three, two, three and two.
In the two Lions tours since Townsend took charge, eight Scots were original picks on each, with a battery of others called up during the tour, mostly notably under Andy Farrell in Australia this summer.
Ben White, Darcy Graham, Rory Sutherland, Ewan Ashman and Gregor Brown all saw game-time.
