 Guttman worked under Shlomo Scharf for two seasons, winning both the Israeli championship and the state cup in the 1990-91 season.In 1992 Guttman left Haifa to work as the manager of Tzafririm Holon, later on he managed Maccabi Herzliya and Hapoel Beit She'an.He won his first Israeli title in 1997, winning the Israel State Cup with Hapoel Be'er Sheva.