Liam Rosenior has been sacked by Hull City, it has been announced.
It comes just days after the end of the Championship season where Hull missed out on the play-offs.
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They finished the season in seventh place and lost on the final day to Plymouth.
Hull were three points behind sixth place Norwich, who were also beaten on the final day of the campaign.
Rosenior, 39, had been nominated for Championship manager of the season, missing out to Ipswich's Kieran McKenna.
He was also twice nominated for Championship manager of the month in 2023/24, most recently in April.
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Rosenior had been in charge since November 2022, replacing Shota Arveladze with the club just one point above the relegation zone at the time.
Having steered Hull to a 15th place finish in his first season, Rosenior signed a new three-year contract in December 2023.
Despite missing out on the play-offs, the Tigers enjoyed a good season as they ended seventh this time around.
But Acun Ilicali, the Hull City owner, has now taken the decision to remove Rosenior as manager and appoint a new boss ahead of the summer transfer window.
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Ilicalı said: “This has been the most difficult decision I have had to make as chairman of this wonderful football club. No matter how trying the circumstance, I have to remove personal sentiment from these moments and ensure the long-term vision of the club is at the centre of my thinking.
“Since Liam’s arrival, we have enjoyed an open working relationship and progress has undoubtedly been made over the course of his tenure. He will always be a part of this family and I thank him for all his work.
“However, it has become evident that our visions for the future are not aligned and I feel that now is the time to make a change. Our philosophy is clear, we will continue to drive this club forward, and whilst doing so I will continue to be open and transparent with our fans.
“I know what this football club can achieve, and we will not stop in the pursuit of that. We have worked hard over the last two years to develop our squad. We now have many highly talented players at our disposal and we will continue to invest and improve our playing personnel to give this club and its fans the success they deserve.”
Rosenior previously spent five successful years with Hull as a player.
He made 144 league appearances for the Tigers and was part of the team that won promotion to the Premier League in 2013 and reached the FA Cup final in 2014.
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Having hung up his boots in 2018, he moved into coaching with Brighton and then Derby, where he became Wayne Rooney’s assistant.
He spent three months in interim charge of Derby before the appointment of current boss Paul Warne, and was appointed Hull manager in November 2022.
Following the last-day loss to Plymouth, Rosenior spoke of the team's desire to bounce back from their disappointment and claimed the foundations for success were there at the club.
He said: “It’s a really disappointing day. It says a lot about the league that every single team that was battling against relegation won. It’s a tough league.
“Plymouth gave so much energy into their performance – they ran, they chased, they tackled.
“We didn’t come onto a good game in the first 20 minutes. Maybe we played the occasion a little bit rather than the game.
“There are tears in the dressing room from a few of the lads. Among the disappointment and the pain, I couldn’t be prouder, not just of them but every single person connected with the football club.
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“From where we’ve come from last season and what we’ve built, there’s a real bedrock, a real foundation for us to go on and achieve in the long term for this football club.”
Coverage of the Championship play-offs will be live and exclusively on talkSPORT. The first legs take place on Sunday with Norwich hosting Leeds at 12pm before West Brom face Southampton at 2:15pm.