In 2007 became coach of the youth national team in 17 years, subsequently he was coach of
FC Vihren Sandanski from November 2007 to September 2009, with some interruptions - especially memorable 2-1 victory over
Litex in 2007/08gl. 1-0 against
PFC Levski Sofia and
Lokomotiv Sofia, 3-1 as the guest of
PSFC Chernomorets Burgas 2008/09g season. Despite these victories the team finished in 14th place in the standings and was relegated to the "B" group. After a hesitant start in the Western "B" group in September Filipov was fired from
FC Vihren Sandanski. A month later he became coach of
Kaliakra Kavarna in the East "B" group, led the team to first place, which automatically qualified them in the "A" group. In the same season
Kaliakra Kavarna reached the 1/2 finals of the Cup of Bulgaria, prevailing over
Lokomotiv Plovdiv,
PFC Marek Dupnitsa,
PFC Cherno More Varna before being eliminated on penalties by
PFC Chernomorets Pomorie. The first season of "A" group in the history of
Kaliakra Kavarna began with a shock victory away to
PFC Slavia Sofia 1-0, but after a few poor results Filipov was fired. In October 2011 he was invited by
Dimitar Penev as assistant coach at the headquarters of
CSKA Sofia. ==Honours==