Pergolizzi then played for several minor Serie A and B clubs, including Ascoli, Bologna, Brescia, Padova and Ravenna.
After a year without a job, in the summer of 2008, Pergolizzi took back his previous role as Palermo youth team coach.
In his first season back with the Palermo youngsters, he guided the under-19 team to win the Campionato Nazionale Primavera for a historical first time after defeating tipped favourites Juventus in the quarter-finals, Chievo in the semi-final, and Siena in the league final.
In June 2011 he was unveiled as new head coach of Portogruaro, who will take part to the 2011–12 Lega Pro Prima Divisione after being relegated from Serie B.
[7] He was successively reappointed at the helm of Ascoli in July 2013 after the club's relegation to Lega Pro,[8] but resigned on 27 October 2013 after a 2–5 home loss to Lecce.
[17] On 13 June 2024, he was hired as the new head coach of Serie D club LFA Reggio Calabria.