As a manager, Mesones worked in the Spanish
La Liga for nine campaigns, adding another 15 in the second tier. On 27 April 1980, whilst at the helm of
UD Salamanca, he was involved in a
match fixing incident also involving
Málaga CF which resulted in a two-year ban for himself, intermediary
Raúl Castronovo and opposing player
Julio Orozco. In late January 2000, training with his club
Granada CF, the 64-year-old Mesones suffered a
heart attack and was admitted to
intensive care unit. His last spell consisted of nine games with
Cartagonova FC, in the
Segunda División B. ==Death==