In 1933 he took the coaching courses of the British football school at Folkstone and in 1940 those of the Romanian football school of O.N.E.F. As manager he led Sportul Studenţesc and Jiul Petroşani to the top flight of Romanian football and he won the Romanian national championship and the Romanian Cup with UTA Arad.
He led them to a historical fourth place finish in Divizia A, but in November 2005 he was sacked by the club's owner Marian Iancu who replaced him with .
Also, the city has one team in Divizia A, CS Energia Rovinari and one handball team in the first division, HC Lignitul Energia Pandurii Târgu Jiu.
After that, he went on a trial with the Romanian Divizia A team Universitatea Craiova, leaving a good impression, signed a four year deal with Craiova.