JIM McINTYRE and Billy Dodds will be formally unveiled as Ross County's new management team at a press conference this morning after disappointing Queen of the South's directors and players yesterday with the news that they were stepping down to swap Dumfries for Dingwall.

McIntyre, the 42-year-old former Kilmarnock, Reading, Dundee United and Dunfermline striker, has agreed a one-year rolling contract to replace the sacked Derek Adams at Victoria Park, swapping a Queens side currently in the play-off places of the Championship for a Highland club who have yet to record a single point this season.

In addition to having led Queens to a play-off spot last year, McIntyre has previous experience, and perhaps unfinished business, in the top flight. He steered Dunfermline to the first division title in the summer of 2011, prior to being sacked with the Fife club four points adrift in the top flight in April 2012.

Joining him at Victoria Park will be Dodds, the Sunday Herald columnist and former Rangers and Scotland striker. A former team-mate from their Dundee United days, Dodds has been fulfilling a similar coaching role at Queens, and the duo's first match in charge will come at home to Mother­well this Saturday. Sports scientist Ross Hughes is another man swapping Dumfries for Dingwall, although Steven Ferguson will continue in his new role as head of youth development. James Fowler, who has taken on player/coaching responsibilities at Queens, is staying on and will assume first-team responsibilities in the short term at least.

A statement from Queen of the South thanked McIntyre for his contribution and said they felt he had left the club in an enviable situation. "Whilst clearly very disappointed to lose the manager's services, we understand his desire to work at a higher level again and the board would like to thank both he and Ross County FC for the professional manner in which the negotiations took place," it read.

"We believe he leaves the club well equipped to push for a play-off place in the Championship again despite the quality of clubs at this level."

Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes, under whom McIntyre served as first-team coach for a short-lived spell at Bristol City, said yesterday that he would be a good fit for the club.

"He has got a good understanding of the game, who really applies himself well and has a really strong work ethic," McInnes said.

"There's a lot of good managers in the Premiership and Jim will be another. People recognise good work. He deserves that opportunity."