[2] He quickly made an impression within the team to win many trophies including 1989–90 Asian Club Championship.
[3] Gao became a football coach of Fujitsu (later changed the club name as Kawasaki Frontale) youth team system after his retirement.
[4] He was appointed as the assistant coach of Liaoning Zhongyu in January 2003 after Li Shubin was called up into China national team.
He accepted the invitation of Takeshi Okada to become the assistant coach of Hangzhou Greentown in the Chinese Super League in 2012.
On 27 November 2013, he signed a three-year contract with another Super League club Liaoning Whowin and became their new manager.