[citation needed] Although retired from professional handball earlier, Kovács made a comeback for the 1995 World Championships at the age of 40, however, finished in the disappointing seventeenth position with Hungary, suffering four losses and achieving a single victory against the United States.

[11] Hopes were high before the 1984 Olympic Games, since Hungary had a bright generation on the top, but by joining the Soviet Union-led boycott the team did not participate on the tournament.

Instead of that, the Hungarian national team took part on the Friendship Games, where they finished fourth after losing the bronze medal match to Poland by a single goal.

[4] Kovács started his coaching career in lower reputation German clubs before moving home to Hungary to overtake Százhalombattai KE.

In the summer of 2006 he took the hot seat of Dunaferr NK,[13] but just after one season, in which he has won the league and cup bronze with the Danube-side team, he moved on to sit on the bench of Óbudai Goldberger SE.

[14] He did not have too much time to settle in his new home, as the Turkish Handball Federation offered him a contract he could not refuse, and in October 2007 he moved with his family to Turkey.

[17] Despite Kovács did not manage to qualify his team to a major international tournament, he was held in high esteem following his impressive work in Turkey, and in the summer of 2010 Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea have bought out from his contract.

[18][19][20] Oltchim have expected to repeat the results of the past season and reach the finals of the EHF Champions League, and although the team have qualified for the main round of the competition, the board went over Kovács' head and with a surprise decision they have removed the Hungarian coach from his position just three days prior the main round clash against ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica.

[22] Kovács was replaced by Anja Andersen, however, the Danish manager has also been fired just in a month due to the poor performances,[23] and Oltchim eventually finished group last.

[24] Few months later, Kovács was amongst the three candidates for the head coach position of the Hungarian women's national team,[25] which was vacated in June 2011, following Hungary failed to qualify for the forthcoming World Championship and Eszter Mátéfi resigned.

[26] The Hungarian Handball Federation finally came to a decision that Karl Erik Bøhn is the right man to fulfil their plans, however, Kovács have not been without a job for too long, since he was signed by Békéscsabai Előre NKSE yet in October 2011.