Sean Dyche refused to be drawn on his future as Burnley boss after his side's relegation from the Premier League was confirmed despite a 1-0 win at Hull.
Danny Ings hit the only goal of the game at the KC Stadium in the 62nd minute, but results elsewhere doomed the Clarets to the drop after a single season in the top flight.
Dyche, who signed a rolling contract at Turf Moor last summer, said: "Make no mistake -- I want to be in the Premier League, so there is disappointment and frustration, but next season is for other thoughts after the next few games.
"There is a desire for me to get through today and see my family and make sense of everything. For the moment, my thoughts are for my players.
"There will be a time to think about the bigger picture, but my immediate gut feeling is that you want to work and progress and learn.
"Wherever it takes you, who knows? But for the moment I am Burnley manager, and that's all I'm thinking about."
Dyche insisted his side would go down with no regrets after a battling campaign that came to an end after most of their relegation rivals -- with the obvious exception of the Tigers, now favourites to join them -- picked up points.
"I've taken great pride in the players' mentality because they've been constantly written off every week," he said.
"After 10 games it was like we had no chance, so the mentality and focus they had to go and pick up points from some of the superpowers of the game, I can't tell you how proud I am of them.
"There is no point constantly worrying about what's been done. If it goes wrong, it's worse when you have that nagging doubt that you haven't given it a good go and we've had a go -- but in the big moments in the important games it hasn't gone for us."