In an offseason that’s seen plenty of turnover in Foxborough, the Patriots continued to make moves on Tuesday, bringing in veteran personnel man Floyd Reese as senior football advisor and announcing Nick Caserio will manage the daily operations of the personnel department as director of player personnel.

Reese, who had been working as an analyst for ESPN when coach Bill Belichick called him about a week ago, doesn’t sound like he’s a interested in being a name on the company masthead. He explained yesterday on a conference call with reporters that he is planning to move his family to Foxborough, and certainly sounds like a man who will take an active role in the organization — he would not talk about the length of his contract, but said “my plan is to be there more than one year.”

“I think the important thing here and the thing to keep in mind that is different from a lot of situations, this organization doesn’t need a lot of things,” said Reese, who worked as the GM for the Oilers and Titans from 1994 through 2006. “They are in pretty good shape. So I think my objective is to come in and do whatever I can do to help (Team Owner and CEO) Mr. (Robert) Kraft and Bill win another world championship.”

Reese has spent 31 years in the NFL, including 17 seasons in player personnel and 15 seasons as an assistant coach. In addition to working as GM of the Oilers/Titans, he also served as the assistant GM of the Oilers for four seasons from 1990-93. He was also an assistant coach with Detroit (1975-77), San Francisco (1978), Minnesota (1979-85) and the Houston Oilers (1986-89).

Following his departure from the Titans, Reese was hired by ESPN as an NFL analyst and writer for ESPN.com. He had actively campaigned to get back into the game — at one point, he offered his services to the Lions as their GM. Yesterday, the Patriots were happy to provide him with an opportunity.

“We consider ourselves fortunate to have the opportunity to add someone with Floyd Reese’s NFL experience and expertise to our staff,” said New England Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft. “Floyd will be a tremendous asset serving Coach Belichick in an advisory role.”

Belichick and Reese go back to the mid-1970s — the two were assistant coaches with the Lions in 1976 and 1977 when they were both in their mid-20s, and have remained close since.

“We were so much younger than everybody else,” Reese recalled yesterday. “We were kind of forced together, and then he ended up buying a house that was close to where my wife and I lived, and we became friends because of that. Everybody else was much older and we rode to work every day and back home and all those kinds of things.

“That staff was really a good staff. I don’t know if Bill’s ever told you about it. Jerry Glanville was the coach and Joe Bugel, who was a head coach, and Raymond Berry and Bill and myself. It was an outstanding group of coaches.”

“Floyd and I go back a long way, practically to the beginning for both of us,” Belichick said. “He has handled as much as one person can possibly handle in this league and to a certain extent, so has Nick. In Nick and Floyd, we have two outstanding men who each bring a wealth of knowledge and flexibility to this organization. I look forward to joining with both of them and working toward the common goal of our team's improvement and success.”

According to a press release issued by the Patriots yesterday, Reese will be involved with various football-related assignments, including contracts. He will likely act as something of a consigliere for the younger Caserio, who will handle the day-to-day operations of the personnel department. Combined, the two will likely serve as the replacement for Scott Pioli, New England’s former vice president of player personnel who left to take the GM job in Kansas City earlier this month.

“I think that will depend on how Bill and Mr. Kraft want to run it,” Reese said. “As I said before, one of the advantages, to me, is that I’ve done it all. I’ve done it all in different roles. I’ve been a scout, I’ve been an assistant GM, I’ve run 13 drafts. Whatever role they want me to take, I can take.”