Nottingham Forest have announced the arrival of Sean Dyche as their new head coach following the sacking of Ange Postecoglou over the weekend. 

Postecoglou was relieved of his duties just 39 days after taking over from Nuno Espirito Santo following Forest's 3-0 defeat to Chelsea in the Premier League at the City Ground. 

Indeed, Postecoglou at Forest is the first manager to see his team score only one goal in his first five Premier League matches in charge since Dyche at Burnley in 2014.

The Tricky Trees also conceded 11 set-piece goals during Postecoglou's short tenure in all competitions, over twice as many as any other top-flight club in that time. 

And the Forest hierarchy will be hoping that the appointment of Dyche will bring a familiarity back into their style of play that heralded European football under Nuno in 2024-25. 

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… pic.twitter.com/ZjUZdG4E6j

— Nottingham Forest (@NFFC) October 21, 2025

Dyche has been out of work since January after he was dismissed by Everton following a poor run of results that left them one point above the Premier League relegation zone. 

Across his two-year stint on Merseyside, Dyche's team conceded 105 goals, the fifth-fewest among sides who spent the entirety of his tenure in the top-flight.

But over the same period, his team managed to score just 74 times. Only the seven promoted teams in that timeframe netted fewer. 

Dyche's first game in charge will be for Forest's Europa League clash with Porto at the City Ground on Thursday, with Bournemouth in the Premier League following three days later.