Da Gama began coaching at his former club Dynamos with whom he had two spells. Firstly in 1992 under a Venda-based Consortium he took the club from second bottom position to finish third on the log. His second spell was with the new owner Peter Rabali when the club won promotion to the Premier Soccer League in 1996. He was forced to leave the club at the end of that season in order to attend to his IT business in Pretoria. During this time, he coached and co-owned PSM Parkhurst in the Vodacom League and the club finished second on the log and formed part of the new Gauteng Vodacom League. before losing to
Jomo Cosmos in the quarter-finals. Silver Stars achieved promotion to the
Premier Soccer League at the end of the 2002–03 season. The club achieved an 11th-place finish in their debut campaign in the PSL and reached the Coca-Cola Cup Final, losing 2–0 to Kaizer Chiefs. He was named as
PSL Coach of the Season at the end of the
2005–06 season. Da Gama led Silver Stars to victory in the 2006
Telkom Knockout Cup with
Simba Marumo scoring a first-half hat-trick in a 3–1 win against
Ajax Cape Town at the
Atteridgeville Super Stadium. In the
2006–07 season, Silver Stars finished 2nd in the league and managed to achieve a place in the
2008 CAF Champions League. In September 2007, he replaced
Bibey Mutombo as the head coach of
Orlando Pirates after 6 games of the season and the team at the bottom of the league standings. After only eight months in charge have taken over The
Buccaneers ended Da Gama's only season in charge in 8th place - Da Gama quit the club in June 2008. He joined
Free State Stars Da Gama joins Free State Stars as Director of Coaching and briefly takes over as stand in coach after David Duncan was fired. Da Gama resigned in October 2008. He joined
Bloemfontein Celtic in December 2008, with the club in last place on the table and managed to help the team from bottom of the log to finish 14th in the
2008–09 season, avoiding the relegation play-offs thanks to goal difference. Da Gama led them to an improvement in the
following season as they finished 6th. He left the club in July 2010. Da Gama rejoined
Platinum Stars in August 2010. He guided the team to a 10th-place finish in the
2010–11 season after the club had ended the previous season in 14th position, during a crucial rebuilding phase with a budget cut of more than 40 percent.Da Gama joined Dynamos in November 2012 with the club winless after 6 matches and at the bottom of the National First Division log. He started by getting their first league win away to Santos (Cape Town) 1–0 and an impressive Cup win over log leaders Mpumalanga Black Aces 3–1, but left the club after only four months, in March 2013 with still 15 matches to play. He later became the head coach of
Highlands Park F.C. and took over the club after 5 matches in the NFD. Highlands Park had lost the last three matches. Da Gama went unbeaten in the remaining 25 league matches, breaking several records. Most matches won, most points, most goals scored, least matches lost as well as best goal difference. After winning promotion to the PSL, Da Gama took Highlands Park to a Top 8 finish and the following season to the Top 8 Final, losing 1–0 to SuperSport United. Highlands Park was sold to Tim Sukazi and renamed TS Galaxy. Da Gama later joined TS Galaxy languishing at the bottom of the log. He amassed 18 points in a short space of time and lost out a Top 8 position on goal difference to Bloemfontein Celtics. Da Gama joined Sekhukhune as Co Coach to Macdonald Makhubedu on a short stint with 5 matches remaining. May
Highlands Park. ==Style of play==