Martyn Moxon is looking for the next Jason Gillespie to see Yorkshire through a transitional period while the Barnsley man is planning to stay at Headingley for the foreseeable future.
Moxon, 56, has enjoyed huge success in recent years as director of cricket alongside Australian head coach Gillespie in a team of coaches which also includes another Barnsley man Richard Damms, who looks after the academy sides.
Gillespie's side won two successive County Championship titles and almost became the first team to win three in a row since Yorkshire in the late 1960s, but they lost a thrilling final match at Middlesex who took the title.
Former Monk Bretton CC player Moxon said: "Jason has been tremendously successful and he has been a pleasure to work with. He brought a knowledge of how to win from being in that very successful Australian team of the 1990s and 2000s.
"He also brought a love of the game and got the lads to express themselves on the pitch. "He has an unbelievable record with us in the County Championship. He will be difficult to replace but the club lives on. We want to get the right person in to continue that success.
"The selection process has begun in earnest and hopefully we will announce the new coach soon. Whoever that is, the main task will be to see us through a transitional period because we have a number of older players who will be retiring in the next few years.
"We want that transition to be as smooth as possible with younger players coming in to replace them. Hopefully we will continue winning trophies during that transition process.
"As for myself, I definitely see my future at Headingley. I am really enjoying it and hopefully I will be there for many more years. As a proud Yorkshireman, I don't want to go anywhere else or do anything else."
Another Barnsley man who appears to have a long future with the Tykes is spinner Azeem Rafiq who returned to the club this year. Moxon and Gillespie made the spinner Yorkshire's youngest ever captain in 2012 but he was released two years later while struggling with depression and anxiety issues. Moxon has backed the 25-year-old to play for England in the future.
Moxon said: "When Azeem left the club he was in a very dark place and he has had a very difficult couple of years. But for him to reinvent himself and show the character to come back is fantastic. Everyone at the club is delighted to have him back. He has made a big impact on the team and he has a bright future.
"I definitely think he is capable of playing international cricket. We don't have many attacking finger spinners in this country so, if he continues to improve, then he will have a good chance. That is his desire and hopefully he achieves it."
Rafiq, Moxon, Gillespie and the rest of the Yorkshire staff were disappointed to lose a classic match at Lord's which finished on Friday. If they had won against Middlesex, they would have been champions again. Moxon said: "It was a very tense match. Both teams didn't give an inch until the last afternoon. "There was lots of drama and it was a great advert for county cricket. We haven't been at our best in four-day cricket this summer but the players should be proud of the way they took it to the last few hours of the season. They showed great character."
