Hull KR chairman Neil Hudgell says caretaker coach Chris Chester is now in the box seat to get the position full time.
Hudgell has provided a ringing endorsement of Chester, who began life in charge at Rovers with a convincing 40-10 victory over St Helens at the KC Lightstream Stadium.
Admitting the club had been contacted by numerous coaches putting their name forward to succeed Craig Sandercock, who was sacked last week, Hudgell says the Rovers board's only focus is supporting Chester and assessing if he is ready to take over as they hope.
"He (Chester) has been in the system as assistant to Justin, assistant to Craig and he is now in the box seat. We are not going out trawling for a new coach," said Hudgell.
"We will review our options in the hope, and maybe the expectation, Chris will earn a long-term deal over the next few weeks.
"We have got to see whether Chris is made of the right mettle to do the job. We think he is and it's all about timing and we have been grooming and developing him to take that job maybe sooner than we anticipated. But rather like players and young kids, unless you give them a chance you don't know if they can cut it.
"There has been plenty of interest. There aren't many jobs and there are two less teams in Super League next year. There are a lot of people throwing their hat into the ring.
"That's fine, but at the moment our focus is on trying to support Chris. I will be disappointed if at the end of the process, he isn't offered a long-term deal."
