Alex McLeish has been unveiled as Birmingham's new manager on a three-and-a-half-year contract at St Andrews.
He said: "The Scotland campaign was over and I really thought long and hard about staying on. I knew of some interest in the Premier League and had a desire to get back to day-to-day football.
"I really enjoyed my time in the Scotland job, it was a good period for me which was not day to day but allowed me to rekindle my appetite for the club scene again.
"I've come to a club in great tradition in football with a fervent and fantastic fan base.
"I look forward to the challenge.''