A former South Launceston and Westbury junior, the 53-year-old head of pathways and talent was announced as the short-term replacement for Jeff Vaughan earlier this month.

De Winter said he thought "long and hard" about applying for the role on a permanent basis before opting only to prepare the way for Vaughan's successor.

He expects to lead the Tigers for anywhere between two and four months before returning to his usual post.

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"It's a pretty exciting opportunity," De Winter said.

"It's something that was my ambition several years ago when I was a little bit of a younger coach, but I really have a passion now for what I'm doing now with the pathways.

"So this will be a nice blend of scratching the itch of looking after a Tasmanian team, but also knowing that I get to go back to my real passion of taking care of our young cricketers in the state.

"I'm enormously looking forward to what the future holds in the first few months - it's a pretty important role I have because our season can be determined pretty quickly in the first few months of the season."

Since a run of six one-day and Sheffield Shield titles between 2005 and 2013, Tasmania has endured a silverware drought across all formats.

The Tigers boast one of the competition's best bowling attacks, and believe their best is good enough to take down the likes of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.

"Our expectations are high - we've played some quite good cricket the last couple of years," De Winter said.

"I think we've got the list to certainly compete really strongly and be in a position to win some titles in the new year.

"If we get some consistency in our preparation and play I certainly think it's time for us to win - we've got some really good experience in our team.

"I'm excited by that and the playing group recognised that they're ready to win as well."

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De Winter hopes young mainland recruits Brad Hope and Niveth Radhakrishnan will prove crucial puzzle pieces as Tasmania chases success in the coming years.

Radhakrishnan's ability to bowl spin with both arms has won plenty of attention already, but it's the Sydneysider's batting that has most impressed De Winter.

"Nivvy's only 18 years old so he's still got a lot of development, but he's shown some very strong signs of being a really talented player.

"We think we can develop him into a top-order batter and then the bonus of the two arms of spin becomes really important in that.

"Knowing we've got spin at the top means we can potentially play two spinners, so he gives great flexibility but at the moment he's a project player for us.

"We know that we've got time to develop him over the next two or three years, but he could be a 100-game player for Tasmania or he could even play at a higher level, so we're really excited by both he and Brad."