He began that year as coach of the Montreal Alouettes, but the franchise ceased operations days before the start of the season.
After Jackie Parker resigned as Edmonton Eskimos coach two games into the year for health reasons, Faragalli was hired and led the team to a Grey Cup win against the Toronto Argonauts.
After departing from the Eskimos in 1990, he served as the offensive co-ordinator for the World League of American Football's Montreal Machine in 1991 and 1992, in between that one season in Ottawa.
During the 1980s and early 1990s, he worked as an assistant coach with the Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Oilers, Buffalo Bills and the WLAF's Montreal Machine.
Faragalli died in Narragansett, Rhode Island on April 10, 2006, of heart failure eight days before his 77th birthday and approximately one month before his 50th wedding anniversary.