The Ballaghderreen clubman will succeed Kevin McStay
Andy Moran will be ratified as the new manager of the Mayo senior footballers at the next meeting of the county board.
The Ballaghderreen clubman will succeed Kevin McStay.
Moran - who won Footballer of the Year award in 2017 - was a coach with Monaghan last season and also spent three years as manager of Leitrim.
His backroom team will include his former Mayo teammate Colm Boyle and the ex-Derry manager Paddy Tally.

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