 He left Parma in the summer of 2017 to accept an offer from Sassuolo as a youth coach and later also managed the Primavera team.On 6 November 2019, Morrone was appointed assistant manager to Fabio Grosso at Brescia Calcio, whit whom he had been friends win for several years.However, after 3 games in charge and 0 points, the duo was fired on 2 December 2019.