He is the current chairman of the Associazione Italiana Allenatori Calcio (Italian Football Managers' Association).
Ulivieri also coached Bologna during the 2006–07 season, but was fired on 14 April 2007 after a 3–0 away loss to Genoa, and following weeks of disputes with club chairman Alfredo Cazzola.
[1] On 3 March 2008, Ulivieri was sacked by Reggina after a string of results where they picked up only four points from seven league games.
[2] Ulivieri is also well known for his left-wing political stance (he is a former Democrats of the Left and Italian Communist Party member).
In a 2013 interview with the Italian edition of Vanity Fair, he discussed his left-wing political views, and also spoke out against homophobia in football.