Later in life, he was also an athletics coach, a physical education teacher, and a sports administrator.

Due to the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Kuomintang of the Republic of China decided to abstain from attending the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

As the Kuomintang refused to finance his journey, General Zhang Xueliang provided 8,000 silver dollars which made it possible for him to compete in the games.

Liu wrote about the race in his diary: "The winner ran faster than me about 4 yards at the end, his time was 10.9 sec.

As a sports administrator, Liu served in many capacities: Liu is the author of the books Track and Field Instructional Methodology (Chinese: 田径指导法) and Track and Field Judging Methodology (Chinese: 田径裁判法).