Hull manager Steve Bruce will wait until after the Sky Bet Championship play-off final with Sheffield Wednesday before finding out if his future lies at the club.
Bruce has guided the Tigers to the final following a 3-2 aggregate victory over Derby in the semi-final and a nervous 2-0 home defeat in the second leg - his 200th game in charge of the team.
But Bruce will not worry about his future until after the Wembley final with Wednesday on May 28.
Derby won the second leg at the KC Stadium with an early Johnny Russell strike and an Andy Robertson own goal.
Hull were able to hang on with a first-leg goal from Abel Hernandez, a Jason Shackell own goal and Robertson's effort.
Asked about his future following Tuesday's second-leg defeat, Bruce said: "You are asking the question constantly because it's been lingering around for six months.
"I can't stop it because if I'd lost tonight, by the way, I could have been sacked," Bruce added with a nervous laugh.
"With our profession at the moment the way it is you are asked the question constantly.
"I have been here now four years and as I will always do, I will sit down with the owners when the final game has gone and see what happens."
Bruce's future is further clouded by the fact the club's owner Assem Allam is trying to sell.
Allam has been the subject of protests this season after a failed attempt to change the team's name and for introducing an unpopular membership scheme.
"There are all sorts of takeovers and carry-ons going on," added Bruce.
"I will sit down with the owners regardless of what league we are in and what their future plans are."
A candid Bruce revealed he did not know the latest position regarding the sale of the club.
He said: "I'm not privy to anything. I only get what you have got."
Derby manager Darren Wassall admitted he also did not know what the future held for him after his side's play-off defeat.
Wassall took over as head coach in February when Paul Clement left the iPro Stadium and fulfilled his brief which was to get the Rams into the play-offs.
He said: "My remit was to get us in the play-offs when I was asked to do the job on February 8 which was a shock to everybody.
"We hadn't won since Boxing Day and we were slipping out of the play-off positions.
"We steadied the ship, we got into the play-offs three games early and I'm bitterly disappointed that we aren't going to Wembley.
"It doesn't make the summer any easier because the players have got to come back pre-season and start again and they are in the Championship, we all wanted to be in the Premier League.
"It gives you hope for next season in terms of the quality of the performance."
Wassall will hope he is given the chance to take charge of the team again next season and earn promotion to the Premier League.
"I was told on February 8 when I took the job it was to the end of the season and the position would be reviewed. That's as much as I know," he added.
"It's all about next season now and it's producing that performance over 46 games.
"The reason they've got promoted automatically, Burnley and Middlesbrough, is because of the consistency they've shown."
Source: PA
