Nottingham Forest has appointed Sean Dyche as the club’s new Head Coach following the dismissal of Ange Postecoglou over the weekend.
The club announced Dyche’s appointment in a statement, reading: “Nottingham Forest is delighted to confirm the appointment of Sean Dyche as the Club’s new Head Coach, following a thorough recruitment process led by Global Head of Football, Edu Gaspar, and Global Technical Director, George Syrianos.
The former Forest youth player joins the Club on a contract running until the summer of 2027 and will take charge of his first match on Thursday night as The Reds take on FC Porto in the Europa League.
Dyche will be joined by his experienced coaching team of Ian Woan and Steve Stone — both former Nottingham Forest players who together made more than 400 appearances for the club during the 1990s.
He will take charge of his first match on Thursday at home to Porto in the Europa League.
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Having managed more than 330 Premier League matches in his career to date, Dyche has built teams defined by defensive organisation, resilience, and strength from set pieces — qualities that align closely with the current squad’s attributes and the Club’s footballing identity.
Evangelos Marinakis had considered several candidates Roberto Mancini and Marco Silva before appointing Dyche.
Sky Sports had been reporting that Marinakis had been keen on Silva, who managed his Olympiacos team, but Forest would struggle to pay compensation for any new manager right now because of their PSR restrictions.
Postecoglou became the first manager in the club’s history to win none of his first eight games.
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