Bath have announced that their director of rugby, Todd Blackadder, has signed a one-year contract extension until June 2020.
The club also revealed that their former skipper Stuart Hooper will take over the reins from Blackadder when the former All Blacks captain decides to move on.
Meanwhile, first team coaches Toby Booth and Darren Edwards will part ways with the club at the end of the season.
Blackadder joined Bath on a three-year deal from the Crusaders in 2016.
Bath’s chief executive, Tarquin McDonald, laid out the Premiership outfit’s long-term plans via an open letter to their supporters.
“Todd has committed that he will move on when the club is ready,” McDonald told Bath’s official website.
“That readiness will be predicated on our next step, which will be when Stuart Hooper proves his readiness to take on the leadership of our rugby department.”
On Hooper being identified as Blackadder’s succesor McDonald said: “Why Stuart Hooper? Stuart has outstanding leadership qualities and tremendous integrity, but also the willingness to be challenged, an unbelievable work ethic, a strategic mind-set, and the ability to get the best out of people.
“He also cares very deeply about the club, the players and staff, and the wider community. Does Stuart have more to learn? Definitely. Can he lead the department in two years? Absolutely.”