 In April 2008, Laporte was hired as head coach by Swiss NLA side EHC Basel to guide the team through the play-out round, but did not manage to save the team from relegation to the NLB.He signed with another German first-division team, ERC Ingolstadt, for the 2008-09 season, but was released in late November 2008 after a 1-5 loss to Köln.In 2009, Laporte put pen to paper on a two-year deal with HC Ambrì-Piotta of the Swiss NLA.