leslie arnold reed (born 12 december 1952) is an english football coach. he is the technical director of the football association (fa) since february 2019. he formerly served as technical director of the fa between 2002 and 2004. he was the manager of charlton athletic between 14 november and 24 december 2006. from april 2010 and november 2018, reed was head of football development and the vice-chairman of football at southampton.