In 2002, he was signed as coach of Universidad de Chile, a post that he left in 2003 after irregular campaigns.
[1] After a narrowness the later years, La Serena finished second in the regular phase of the 2009 Clausura, the best place ever in the history of the team.
In the last days of April 2011, he was signed as the new coach of Universidad de Concepción, but for less than a year as he was on March 26, 2012 fired due to bad results.
[3] In addition, his cousins Marco and Roly were with the Palestino youth ranks, as well as his uncle Manuel, who was with the reserve team.
[4] In 2021, he was a candidate for both Alcalde of La Serena[5] and deputy for the Coquimbo Region, supported by UDI,[6] but he wasn't elected.