ADELAIDE won't have a senior assistant in 2020 as new senior coach Matthew Nicks aims to give his line coaches more responsibility.

The Crows have a couple of holes to fill in their football department after head of football Brett Burton and senior assistant coach Scott Camporeale were sacked last month in wake of the club's external review.

While the head of football position is set to be finalised shortly, the Crows won't replace Camporeale, instead spreading his duties across the rest of the coaching staff.

Scott Camporeale was sacked last month. Picture: AFL Photos

"Senior assistant role, there isn't going to be one," Crows director Mark Ricciuto told Triple M on Tuesday.

"Matty Nicks just wants to have less voices and give the line coaches more of an opportunity to play a bit more of a dominant role this year.

"So, they're going with less voices."

The Crows will also wait until a new head of football is appointed before they begin the process of filling the leadership and culture position that was recommended by the external review.

The Crows' first-to-fourth-year players return to training on Wednesday.

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