 In July 2010 he was employed as Technical Director at Romanian Premier League side Sportul Studenţesc, following speculation linking him with the Zambia national football team job.Marinica then took on a role as assistant manager of Hungarian premier league club Kaposvári Rákóczi FC, he then left the position to take on a similar role with Romanian giants Rapid București.In December 2014, he was linked with the vacant manager's job at English Conference National side AFC Telford United.