Born in Ventanas, Pizarro worked as a coach at Emelec's youth setup, being also an interim manager of the first team in 2007[1] and 2008.

[3] In March 2012, Pizarro took over fellow second division side River Ecuador,[4] and achieved promotion to the Serie A in 2014.

[6] In August 2016, Pizarro returned to thee second level after being named manager of Colón FC,[7] but left in November.

For the 2019 campaign, Pizarro was named at the helm of Orense in the second division, and achieved top tier promotion in his first season, as champions.

He was dismissed by the club on 2 September 2020 due to poor results,[9] and was named sporting manager of 9 de Octubre on 9 December.