With the appointment of Steve McClaren as head coach and director at Newcastle today, it leaves Plymouth as the only one of the 92 clubs without a manager, but that looks certain to be dealt with tomorrow with the appointment of Adams who has pipped Brighton coach Nathan Jones to the post.
Adams has had great success as a manager in Scotland in two spells with Ross County, taking them from the Second Division all the way to the Premier League in 2012. Not just that, in his first two seasons there they took them to 5th and 7th place finishes, but a run of four successive defeats to start his third season saw him dismissed last September.
He also had a short time as assistant manager at Hibs between his two spells at Ross but it was a big shock when he was sacked just under a year ago, made worse that his dad George, who was the director of football, was given the task of sacking him before he himself was shown the door.
It was through his dad that Derek came to Burnley. George had worked with Jimmy Mullen at Aberdeen and when they released Derek, who was a young player there, dad contacted Mullen which led to Derek getting a contract with us. Mullen gave him two substitute appearances in December 1995, but the appointment of Adrian Heath as manager signalled the end at Turf Moor and he returned to Scotland.
He was with us for a season and a half and that's been the only time in his career that he's worked outside Scotland where he played for five different clubs.
With John Sheridan having decided to leave at the end of the season, Plymouth started their search for a new manager. Derek Adams is now expected to be revealed as that new manager tomorrow when he will become their tenth Scottish boss, a list that includes Neil Dougall, son of former Burnley boss, coach and physio Billy Dougall, and ex-Claret David Smith.
He'll become the sixth former Burnley player in English league football management alongside Graham Alexander, Paul Cook, Steve Davis, Micky Mellon and Mark Yates.