Darren Moore was surprisingly appointed as Sheffield Wednesday's new manager this morning - and he's already making changes to the club's personnel.

His second-in-command at Doncaster was former Crystal Palace defender Jamie Smith, and according to the Doncaster Free Press, the 46-year-old will be joining Moore at Hillsborough.

But Moore will add even more experience to his staff with the appointment of Paul Williams, per Alan Nixon of The Sun.

Williams had notable spells as a player with Derby County and Coventry City, and has had a successful coaching career at various clubs and countries.

The 49-year-old served as Southampton's Youth Development Coach between 2011 and 2014, overseeing the rise of the likes of James Ward-Prowse into the Saints' first team.

Williams was also 'Logistics Manager' at Brentford in 2015, and went on to be the assistant at Swansea City and Birmingham City, and even spent a few months as manager of Nottingham Forest in 2016 following the sacking of Dougie Freedman.

More recently, Williams was the head coach of Norwich City's under-18's - a role he left last month - and before that he was at West Bromwich Albion as a scout, which is where his relationship with Moore will have blossomed.

He will likely coach alongside Neil Thompson - who has been caretaker manager for the Owls for the last two months - to form a very experienced backroom staff for Moore to work with as he looks to guide Wednesday up the table.

The Verdict

This looks to be a very shrewd capture by Moore, who is already making key moves at Wednesday.

With not that long left to turn the season around, Moore needed to assemble a trustworthy but talented team around him, and with Williams and Thompson taking charge of the coaching side of things, it leaves Moore to get on with the management.

It looks like Dejphon Chansiri is backing his new man, and there's now a renewed sense of excitement in S6.