Steve Townend and Sean Carty will take charge of Hull Ionians' trip to Rosslyn Park on Saturday after the departure of head coach Gary Pearce.
Pearce left the club by mutual consent yesterday, seven months after guiding Ionians to promotion to National League One for the first time in their history.
However, with just one win from their first 14 matches, Ionians find themselves 10 points adrift at the bottom of the table and in danger of being relegated back to National League Two North.
Townend and director of rugby Carty will take controls of all rugby decisions until a replacement for Pearce is found.
