Lancashire's coaching trio of Ashley Giles, Glen Chapple and Mark Chilton have all agreed to extending their contracts with the Red Rose County.
Director of Cricket Giles, First Team Coach and player Chapple and Second Team Coach Chilton have all committed to staying at Old Trafford until the end of the 2018 season.
After an array of success during his short time at Lancashire, which includes promotion to Division One of the County Championship and the Lightning's first Twenty20 trophy, Giles is looking to develop more talented players to ensure a strong future for the Club.
Giles said: "I'm delighted that we've been offered the opportunity to commit our futures to the Club until the end of 2018.
"I've thoroughly enjoyed my first 18 months at Lancashire and feel extremely lucky to have such a strong coaching team around me.
"We still have a lot of work to do with this young and exciting group of players and we all look forward to bringing future success to the Club."
Player and First Team coach Chapple continues to play an important role at Lancashire as a mentor to the pool of talented seamers coming through the ranks. The 42-year-old veteran made five Championship appearances for the Red Rose last season, with his return of ten wickets taking him to within 15 of 1,000 first-class wickets.
Chapple has said that he will play a part in Lancashire's side this season if he is required and if he does feature in a four-day match, it will be his 25th first-class season for Lancashire after making his debut all the way back in 1992. He is part of an elite group of players to have scored 5,000 runs and taken 500 wickets for the Club.
The continued success of the Second Eleven has acted as an excellent feeder to the First Team in recent years, with the likes of Alex Davies, Haseeb Hameed and Luis Reece all coming through the ranks to play first-division cricket for Lancashire this summer.
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