After his retirement he worked alongside former head coach Luigi Cagni as his assistant at Catanzaro, Empoli and Parma.
In 2007 he obtained his UEFA Pro licence at the Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, his dissertation covering the subject of goalkeeping psychology in football.
[2] In 2019 he was called by Eusebio Di Francesco to work alongside him at Cagliari as his goalkeeping coach.
[3] In June 2022, he was named Luca Gotti's assistant at Serie A club Spezia.
[2] Following the dismissal of Gotti in February 2023, Lorieri was then appointed caretaker coach of Spezia for the upcoming league game against Juventus.