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Vitor Matos says the appointment of Andy Mangan has brought different qualities to his Swansea City coaching staff.
Mangan has joined as what Swansea are calling a first-team consultant until the end of the season.
The 39-year-old previously worked under Swansea chief executive Tom Gorringe at Bristol Rovers, while he was on the same pro licence coaching course as Matos.
Unusually, Swansea have not announced Mangan's appointment but confirmed his role having been asked by BBC Sport Wales.
"He's someone that I know from a long time ago and someone that I think adds quite a lot of value," Matos said.
"He is a really important asset for all of us. He has a big heart, he has experience in the leagues as well, he knows the players.
"I think he just added to us, he was available, that's why [he has come in]."
Mangan's arrival increases Swansea's already sizeable coaching staff.
The Championship club appointed Ryan Maye as their assistant head coach in December, while Matos brought in Portuguese trio Diogo Medeiros, Toze Mendes and Goncalo Ricca from former club Maritimo following his move to Wales last November.
They joined head of goalkeeping Martyn Margetson and first-team coach Kristian O'Leary on the Swans' staff, while Leon Britton and Joe Allen also have roles in Matos' backroom team.
"I think all of them have had different values, all of them have different roles," Matos said.
"All of them have a role to build, but the most important [thing] is that the players can drink off all of them and that helps the team to keep pushing themselves.
"You need the right human resources and for me as a manager it's about using the human resources we have available at the club."
While Mangan is initially in place until May, Matos did not rule out the idea of the former Fleetwood, Bristol Rovers and Stockport coach staying at Swansea beyond this season.
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