Dyche out as Forest sack 3rd coach this season

Sean Dyche has become the third Nottingham Forest manager sacked this season after the club confirmed his exit in the early hours on Thursday following a 0-0 draw with Premier League bottom-club Wolves.

Dyche only joined the club in October after Nuno Espirito Santo, who started the season as head coach, and then his successor Ange Postecoglou were both fired early in the Premier League season.

Forest are in 17th place in the Premier League, three points above the relegation zone, following the draw with Wolves.

A short Forest statement, posted at 12.31am GMT on Thursday said: “Nottingham Forest Football Club can confirm that Sean Dyche has been relieved of his duties as head coach.

“We would like to thank Sean and his staff for their efforts during their time at the club and we wish them the best of luck for the future.

“We will be making no further comment at this time.”

Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis, who had a public dispute with Espirito Santo before his exit, was in the stands Wednesday, and after the game Dyche seemed resigned to his fate after a torrid run of results.

“The owner has been fair to me, without a shadow of a doubt,” Dyche said. “If anyone chooses to change in football now, that’s their decision. We’ve all seen it.

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“People can demand change, and then it’s always whether they change or not. I just work very hard. I care about this club. I’ve made that clear. I’m working very hard.

“If the owner wants to make a change, then that’s up to him, and that’s the way football is now, that’s just the reality of it.”

Forest finished seventh in the Premier League under Espirito Santo last season, missing out on a Champions League spot after a poor end to the campaign but securing European football for the first time since 1995-96.

Nuno signed a new three-year deal at the City Ground in June 2025, but was sacked in September after a breakdown in his relationship with Marinakis.

Former Tottenham boss Postecoglou was swiftly brought in as the Portuguese’s replacement, but lasted only 40 days in the job with Marinakis wielding the axe again within minutes of a 3-0 defeat to Chelsea.

Dyche, who lives in Nottingham and was a trainee at the club, became the club’s third first-team boss of the season on Oct. 21 and was joined in the dugout by former Forest heroes Ian Woan and Steve Stone.

They beat Porto in his first game in charge and looked to have turned a corner after a 3-0 win at Premier League champions Liverpool a month later.

Wednesday’s draw leaves Forest with just two wins from their last 10 in the Premier League — a run during which they also exited the FA Cup to Championship side Wrexham — as they struggled to pull away from trouble in the fight for survival.

Information from PA was used in this report.