Dave Tippett will be named coach of the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday, according to Sportsnet.
The Oilers have scheduled a press conference for 1 p.m. ET.
Tippett's hiring comes three weeks after the Oilers hired Ken Holland as general manager and president of hockey operations May 7.
Tippett coached the Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes from 2009-10 through 2016-17. He won the Jack Adams Award as NHL coach of the year in his first season with the Coyotes and guided them to the Stanley Cup Playoffs in each of his first three seasons.
The Coyotes advanced to the Western Conference Final in 2012 before losing to the Los Angeles Kings, but they failed to qualify for the playoffs in Tippett's final five seasons.
Tippett, who turns 58 on Aug. 25, went 553-413-120 with 28 ties in 14 seasons as coach of the Coyotes and Dallas Stars, who qualified for the playoffs five times in Tippett's six seasons with them. The Stars got as far as the Western Conference Final in 2008.
Tippett was working as a senior adviser for the expansion Seattle franchise, which will begin play in the NHL in the 2021-22 season. His tasks since being hired June 18, 2018, included overseeing all aspects of the organization's development, including construction of a training facility.
Tippett played 11 seasons as a forward in the NHL with the Hartford Whalers, Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers, finishing with 262 points (93 goals, 169 assists) in 721 games. He was a player-assistant coach with Houston of the International Hockey League in 1994-95 and was named coach midway through the 1995-96 season. Tippett guided Houston to the Turner Cup in 1999, then spent three seasons as an assistant with the Kings before being hired as coach by the Stars.
The Oilers fired coach Todd McLellan on Nov. 20 after a 9-10-1 start. Ken Hitchcock coached them for the final 62 games.
General manager and president of hockey operations Peter Chiarelli was fired Jan. 23.
Edmonton finished 35-38-9, 11 points behind the Colorado Avalanche for the second wild card into the playoffs from the Western Conference, despite having two of the top four scorers in the NHL, forwards Connor McDavid (116 points; 41 goals, 75 assists) and Leon Draisaitl (105 points; 50 goals, 55 assists).
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