Nottingham Forest staff profiles
Pen pics of Nottingham Forest coaching, performance, medical and analysis staff. To see staff profiles for other clubs, click here.
FOOTBALL EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL
Kiriakos Dourekas
Nationality: Greek
Brought into the club by owner Evangelos Marinakis in 2018 following his takeover. Is highly trusted by Marinakis, having worked at his other club, Olympiakos, for 26 years, prior to his arrival at the City Ground. Oversees the football department and looks to the long term.
SPORTING DIRECTOR
Nationality: Italian
Worked for Watford for nine years, first as Chief Scout and then Technical Director, before departing in November 2020. Arrived at the City Ground in October 2022 with the remit of evaluating the football side of the business.
COACHING
HEAD COACH
Steve Cooper
Nationality: Welsh
Son of former referee Keith Cooper and has overseen a remarkable revival at Forest since taking over in September 2021. Club were bottom of the Championship when he arrived, with Cooper leading them to promotion via the play-offs. Had also taken Swansea City to the play-offs in the previous two seasons - and led England U17s to victory at the 2017 World Cup.
ASSISTANT
Alan Tate
Nationality: English
Former pro player who began his coaching career with Swansea City's Academy. Worked on first-team staff under Cooper and then joined him at Forest in September 2021.
FIRST-TEAM COACH
Jamie Robinson
Nationality: English
Former centre-half who started his playing career at Liverpool, though never made a senior appearance for them. Went on to play for clubs including Barnsley, Torquay, Carlisle and Exeter City. Was Head of Youth Development at Shrewsbury Town and led on coach development in the Midlands for the PFA before joining the Football Association, where he was Head of Professional Game Coach Development, in 2011. Reunited with former FA colleague Cooper at Forest in July 2022.
FIRST-TEAM COACH
Andy Reid
Nationality: Irish
Appointed to first-team staff in August 2022 after 18 months as U23s Head Coach.Arrived on Trentside as a player in 1998 and amassed more than 280 appearances for the club before joining Academy coaching set-up in January 2020.
GOALKEEPER COACH
Danny Alcock
Nationality: English
Worked with Cooper for the England U17s and joined him at Forest in September 2021.
PERFORMANCE
HEAD OF PERFORMANCE AND MEDICAL
Arnaldo Abrantes
Nationality: Portuguese
Competed for Portugal in the 200m at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as well as in the 100m at the European and World Championships. Joined Forest under Sabri Lamouchi in August 2020 and stayed on under Chris Hughton and then Cooper.
HEAD PERFORMANCE COACH
Dave Tivey
Nationality: English
Worked with Cooper for England U17s and Swansea City before joining him at Forest.
SPORT SCIENTIST
Tom Evans
Nationality: English
Joined Forest as an intern in August 2020 and was promoted first to Assistant Sport Scientist and then, in June 2022, Sport Scientist.
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH
Josh Bridge
Nationality: English
Joined Forest in summer of 2022 and responsible for player gym programmes.
NUTRITIONIST
Panos Markakis
Nationality: Greek
Has worked for Forest since July 2019.
MEDICAL
PHYSIO
Dimitris Kaplanis
Nationality: Greek
Joined Forest in June 2019. Previously had a short spell at Olympiakos. Studied at the University of Bath.
PHYSIO
Mark Devonshire
Nationality: English
Has worked for Forest since November 2017.
PHYSIO
Niall Stevens
Nationality: English
Joined from Sheffield Wednesday as a Sports Therapist in June 2021. Promoted to Physio in March 2022.
DATA AND ANALYSIS
HEAD OF ANALYSIS
Stephen Rands
Nationality: English
Worked for Manchester City for seven years, latterly as Head of Performance Analysis, before joining Frank Lampard at Derby in June 2018. Linked up with Cooper at Swansea and moved with him to Nottingham Forest in 2021. One of the most experience analysts in English football.
LEAD PERFORMANCE ANALYST
Tom Corden
Nationality: English
Joined Forest as an Academy intern in August 2016. Promoted to first team analyst in 2019 and to Lead Analyst in 2020. Delivered a superb presentation at TGG's Individual Development 2022 Webinar.
PERFORMANCE ANALYST
Gabriel Stephenson
Nationality: English
Joined club in June 2021.
ANALYST
Axl Rice
Nationality: English
Also joined as an Academy Analysis Intern in 2016 and progressed through the ranks to become Head of Academy Analysis and then first-team analyst.
HEAD OF DATA INSIGHTS
Dan Morris
Nationality: Welsh
Appointed to this new role in September 2022 after five years as a data scientist at Swansea.
OPERATIONS
HEAD OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS
Ed Henderson
Nationality: English
Started as Academy Secretary in 2018 before becoming Assistant Director of Football, to Dourekas, and then Head of Football Operations in August 2021.
