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Paul Jewell has been appointed as the new manager of Ipswich Town.
Jewell, who has signed a two-and-a-half-year deal, has been out of work since resigning as Derby boss after a 1-0 defeat by Ipswich in December 2008.
"It's great, I've been out of the game for two years but you're never out of football," said the 46-year-old who replaces Roy Keane at Portman Road.
"I have had a few opportunities to come back in but this just ticked all the right boxes."
Keane was sacked on Friday after a run of seven losses in nine games left Town three points above the Championship drop zone.
Jewell's first game in charge will be against Arsenal in the first leg of Town's League Cup semi-final at Portman Road on Wednesday.
The ex-Wigan and Bradford striker found managerial success with both of his former playing clubs, winning promotion to the Premier League with both sides.
Ipswich owner Marcus Evans told the club's website: "I wanted to appoint a manager with several years of experience behind them who also had a history of promotion and then staying up.
"I have been lucky enough to find a manager in Paul who has done that twice and pertinently with two clubs that have never been in the Premier League.
"It was also important to bring someone to the club who could play the way Ipswich expect the game to be played and who will embrace the club's role in the community."
Jewell's 13-month spell at Pride Park saw the Rams relegated from the Premier League and he left with the club 18th in the Championship.
In 1999 he led Bradford to the top flight for the first time in 77 years and managed to keep them up a year later.
A forgettable spell with Sheffield Wednesday followed, where he lasted just six months and was sacked in February 2001 after 12 wins from 38 games.
But Jewell was back in the Premier League three years later after leading Wigan from League One to the top flight in three seasons.
The full extent of the task in front of him was underlined on Sunday, when Town were hammered 7-0 by Premier League champions Chelsea in the third round of the FA Cup.
Coach Ian McParland has been taking care of first-team affairs since Keane's dismissal.