The Chicago Blackhawks are finally ending their search for their next head coach. After nearly an entire season under interim head coach Derek King, the Blackhawks are set to hire Luke Richardson as the next man up.

NHL insider Frank Seravalli tweeted the news Friday morning.

This is great news for the club, which suffered immensely this past season. They started the season 1-9-2 under head coach Jeremy Colliton, before he was inevitably let go in early November.

Derek King was granted the promotion from his position as coach of the Blackhawks' American Hockey League affiliate, Rockford. The team went undefeated in its first four games under King, but things only went downhill from there. They finished the season 28-42-12 with no postseason run.

Hopefully Richardson has better luck turning this team around. He certainly has enough on and off-ice experience to do so. The former NHL defenseman played 21 years in the league with six different franchises and played over 1,400 games. He also has 12 years of coaching experience, eight years as an NHL assistant coach and four years as an AHL head coach.

Although Richardson played a long and well-traveled career, he never suited up for the Blackhawks. The Toronto Maple Leafs selected the left-handed defenseman in the first round of the 1987 NHL Draft. From there, he played for the Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Columbus Blue Jackets, Tampa Bay Lightning, and Ottawa Senators.