MARTYN Moxon has revealed that he has got "a few ideas" with regards to who will be Jason Gillespie's replacement as Yorkshire's next first-team coach.

The white rose county's director of professional cricket will look into the viability of those ideas before deciding whether to advertise the role.

It is thought that England's current assistant coach Paul Farbrace is high on his wish list – but he will not be short on options should the 49-year-old not be keen on a return to Headingley, where he spent 2012 and 2013 as second-team coach.

Moxon was speaking at a press conference alongside current incumbent Gillespie, who explained his decision to leave Yorkshire at the end of his fifth season in charge.

"I've got a few ideas, which I can't divulge at the minute. We'll see how those initial ideas pan out and take it from there," said Moxon.

"If we feel we need to, we will advertise the position. It's early days but potentially there could be an application process."

The press conference took place yesterday morning, shortly before Gillespie departed for the Ageas Bowl where Yorkshire face Hampshire in the Specsavers County Championship today.

The Australian's decision to leave is for family reasons and it has been known for some time, according to Moxon.

He said: "It's news we'd always feared. Once Anna (Gillespie's wife) and the children went back to Australia a few weeks ago, the alarm bells started ringing. When we spoke, there was no great surprise to learn of Jason's decision.

"After Sunday's match, he came to me and said 'look, I'm getting a lot of questions about what I'm going to be doing'. I could see it was getting him down and we thought it better to get it out there."

Gillespie was visibly emotional as he read a pre-prepared statement. "I've been made so welcome by the staff, players, supporters and the media," he said before taking questions.

"As much as I love this club, my job and living here in Yorkshire, the time is right to step aside.

"The initial plan was for the family to go back and spend a bit of time in Oz. Then, after the Big Bash, we'd all come back and have another season at Yorkshire.

"Once it became clear that wasn't going to happen and the family was going to stay in Australia, the goalposts shifted a bit.

"I still thought I could come over here and try to get back home a couple of times during the summer to see them for a few days. But the more I thought about it, the more I realised it wasn't going to be practical."

Gillespie, who did not rule out a future return to Yorkshire, will only think of other job opportunities to go alongside his Adelaide Strikers role once his commitments with Yorkshire are complete next month.

Moxon will also make sure their Championship treble bid takes precedent over the search for a new coach and said: "These last four games are massive. If we can achieve the treble, it's huge for everybody concerned.

"Our message from the start of the season to the players has been 'you have a chance to become legends of this club'. We don't want anything to take away from that."

Yorkshire go into their 13th match five points behind leaders Middlesex, with skipper Andrew Gale fit to return after missing last week's win over Nottinghamshire with a back injury.

Yorkshire (from): Gale (c), Ballance, Bresnan, Brooks, Carver, Coad, Hodd (w), Leaning, Lees, Lehmann, Lyth, Patterson, Rafiq, Sidebottom.