Steve Evans will today be unveiled as the new Crawley manager with a two-year plan to reach the Football League.
Evans, 44, has agreed to take over the vacant position at the Broadfield Stadium after quitting Boston United on Sunday.
He has beaten a number of high profile names to land the job, including former Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler and ex-Albion assistant Bob Booker.
Speaking exclusively to The Argus, Evans said: "I decided that if I was going to manage another club in the Conference, they would have to be ambitious.
"There are a lot of teams who, although they wouldn't admit it, don't want to progress but Crawley is not one of them, they meet my ambitions.
"With Steve Evans in charge, I can assure you that there will be a winning team on the pitch.
"I have a two to three year plan to reach the Football League. If we could do it in one, then that would be great but that is unlikely because it will take a bit of time to get everything into place.
"There are only four players on contracts from last season so this is a chance to start with a clean slate.
"They are four lads I would wish to work with anyway and I am looking forward to building a new team with them in it."
Evans guided Boston to the Conference title in 2002, two years after taking them into non-league's top flight from the Dr Martens League.
He was banned from football for 20 months soon after for tax offences at the Lincolnshire club and given a one-year suspended prison sentence last November.
Evans left Boston three weeks after they were plunged into administration following their relegation from the Football League.
The Glaswegian said: "When I took over at Boston I saw a club with a lot of potential.
"That is the same thing I see at Crawley. They are coming out the other end of their financial problems and, although there is a lot of work still to do, the club has everything to go into the Football League."
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