Damon Wayans Jr will return to New Girl for its third season.

The actor was first rumoured to be reprising his role as Coach in the hit comedy last week - with a Fox representative now confirming that he is set to come back for a key arc on the upcoming season.

Wayans's return follows the cancellation of his other show Happy Endings.

The actor appeared in New Girl's pilot in 2011 but was forced to quit due to his commitments to the ABC programme.

New Girl star Jake Johnson recently tipped his former co-star to reprise the role of Coach, saying he would be "surprised" if the character failed to make a further appearance in the show.

He said: "There would be such funny episodes with Coach, seeing what's happened in the past two years since he's [been] gone."

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