The Nottingham Forest coaching staff under manager Sean Dyche. The City Ground natives have adapted their backroom team since the Englishman arrived in October 2025
Manager: Sean Dyche
Evangelos Marinakis, Nottingham Forest’s owner, hired Dyche as the club’s latest manager in October 2025. He took over at the City Ground to replace Ange Postecoglou on an initial two-year contract. Dyche had worked in the Premier League at Burnley, Everton and Watford previously.
Dyche was out of management for ten months before returning to the game with Forest, having been sacked by Everton in January 2025.
Assistant first-team coach: Andy Reid
Cooper promoted Andy Reid to the first-team coaching staff at Nottingham Forest in August 2022. The Irishman had been the Reds’ U21 manager since August 2020 after taking up the position following six months as their No2. It even marked Reid’s return to the City Ground.
Paul Williams briefly kept Reid on as his assistant manager at Nottingham Forest in 2016. He handed the ex-Reds midfielder a role in the coaching staff upon retiring at the club that year. The Dublin native registered 287 appearances and scored 41 goals whilst at the City Ground.
Reid left Nottingham Forest in 2016 and he acted as Jim Crawford’s Republic of Ireland U18s assistant. He also became the U18s manager before returning to the Reds in 2020. While his playing career also featured spells with Tottenham Hotspur, Charlton Athletic and Blackpool.
Assistant first-team coach: Ian Woan
A former Forest player, Ian Woan has been regularly by the side of Sean Dyche throughout his managerial career.
Woan worked as Dyche as an assistant manager at both Burnley and Everton before joining Forest in 2025.
Assistant first-team coach: Steve Stone
Another assistant that Dyche brought to the club with him in October 2025 was Steve Stone.
Stone has worked with Dyche since 2018, initially at Burnley before joining the manager at Everton too. During his playing career, Stones enjoyed a lengthy association with Nottingham Forest, playing in over 200 games for the club.
