Steve Cooper has confirmed his new coaching staff at Nottingham Forest.
He will be assisted by former Swansea City coach Alan Tate with Steven Reid remaining as first team coach, although head coach Cooper believes job titles are not the be all and end all.
Reid held the same post under Chris Hughton and took charge of the Forest team in the win at Huddersfield Town last weekend following Hughton's sacking.
Cooper is full of praise for the former Blackburn Rovers midfielder.
"Reidy is a real honest guy. He's a man of true values and got the boys to play as they did," he said.
"I'm really happy he's still with us. That was always my intention.
"I've leaned on him a lot this week. I wouldn't say I knew Reidy that well before coming here.
"In the pandemic the FA did a lot of zoom webinars and me and Reidy seemed to be on them all.
"We've got on well and built up a good relationship quickly.
"I'm not too obsessed with job titles. It's about a collaborative approach.
"His job won't really change."
Also joining from Swansea is Steve Rands, who will serve as tactical coach/analyst. He previously worked for Pep Guardiola at Manchester City and Frank Lampard at Derby County.
Cooper was previously assisted by Mike Marsh at Swansea but he will not be coming to the City Ground as the opportunity "came at the wrong time" for him the new boss said, insisting they remain close friends.
Former Swansea goalkeeping coach Martyn Margetson will remain as Gareth Southgate's goalkeeping coach having landed an enviable role with England.
With that in mind, Cooper is set to bring in Danny Alcock, who worked with former England Under-17 coach Cooper at the FA.
He was most recently national goalkeeping coach and coach educator at the FA.
As a player he began his career with Stoke City before playing non league football for the likes of Stafford Rangers and Nuneaton Town.
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