Sussex believe they will have a “powerful” pairing in charge of cricket next season.
The club are cutting back to meet strict financial controls imposed by the ECB.
But they will be going with a director of cricket in Paul Farbrace along with new head coach Matt Walker.
Farbrace steps down as head coach at the end of this season.
The new set-up looks like expansion at a time of cutting back but chairman Ed Warner said: “He (Farbrace) is part-time director cricket from November 1, so he's stepping back his hours on days.
“He is sitting above men's and women's cricket and the pathway.
“It's about coordinating all that we do on the cricketing front, through to the professional men's and the semi-pro women's team.
“If a director of cricket didn't come it, it would be uncoordinated.
“I think also from my Olympic experience, Paralympic experience, the combination of a head coach and the director of sport is a very powerful one.
“The director of sport is looking at something more than subtly different. on a day-to-day basis.
“They are sort of thinking longer term, thinking about facility structures, coaching structures, looking deeper down the pathway.
“The head coach has got a job to do match to match.
“Who's fit for next week? What's the right combination analysing the competition?
“It's quite hard to combine them into one person.
“So I think part-time director and cricket for Sussex is something we can afford.
“And we've bought in a very experienced head coach.”
Walker who is currently batting coach at Warwickshire, and Farbrace go head to head at Edgbaston from today as Sussex resume their Rothesay County Championship programme.
Sussex, in fifth place, are 11 points behind leaders Nottinghamshire having been deducted 12 going into the campaign.
Warwickshire are third going into the last six rounds.
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