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Jamaican international Marlon King won the supporters' player of the season award.
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Coventry City striker Marlon King has verbally agreed to sign a new two-year deal with the club.
King joined City last September following his release from prison, and finished the campaign as top scorer with 13 goals in 29 appearances.
The 31-year-old will sign the contract when he returns from a break.
Chief executive Paul Clouting told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire: "We are delighted that Marlon has shown loyalty to the club."
He added: "Scoring goals is the way to get out of the Championship and it's great news for the club that a player of Marlon's calibre has committed to the club.
King ended the season with six goals in six games
"He is the player that the supporters have wanted to hear about.
"It shows the ambition that we have."
King, who won the supporters' player of the season award, had been linked with a move to Championship rivals Leicester City.
Sky Blues chairman Ken Dulieu believes the news is a great start to the close season.
He said: "We promised supporters that we would do everything we could to keep the best players here at Coventry City and this is great step towards that.
"Marlon proved in the second half of the season that he is a fantastic striker and that he is capable of scoring goals.
"We had always hoped that we could convince Marlon to stay and have worked tirelessly with Andy Thorn to make this happen.
"We regard Marlon as pivotal to our objective of building a team capable of competing effectively in the Championship and hope this also sends a strong signal to the other players that we are talking to about our ambition for the club."
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Coventry City striker Marlon King has verbally agreed to sign a new two-year deal with the club.
King joined City last September following his release from prison, and finished the campaign as top scorer with 13 goals in 29 appearances.
The 31-year-old will sign the contract when he returns from a break.
Chief executive Paul Clouting told BBC Coventry and Warwickshire: "We are delighted that Marlon has shown loyalty to the club."
He added: "Scoring goals is the way to get out of the Championship and it's great news for the club that a player of Marlon's calibre has committed to the club.
King ended the season with six goals in six games
"He is the player that the supporters have wanted to hear about.
"It shows the ambition that we have."
King, who won the supporters' player of the season award, had been linked with a move to Championship rivals Leicester City.
Sky Blues chairman Ken Dulieu believes the news is a great start to the close season.
He said: "We promised supporters that we would do everything we could to keep the best players here at Coventry City and this is great step towards that.
"Marlon proved in the second half of the season that he is a fantastic striker and that he is capable of scoring goals.
"We had always hoped that we could convince Marlon to stay and have worked tirelessly with Andy Thorn to make this happen.
"We regard Marlon as pivotal to our objective of building a team capable of competing effectively in the Championship and hope this also sends a strong signal to the other players that we are talking to about our ambition for the club."
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