After retirement, Suzuki started his coaching career at
Yamaha Motors in 1984. In 2000, he was promoted to manager the successor to
Gjoko Hadžievski. In 2002, he led to the team to the championship, after which he stepped down. He briefly returned to manager the team from September to November of 2004. In 2013, he became a manager for the
Japan U-20 national team. In 2018, he signed with
J2 League club
Albirex Niigata. He was fired in August at the end of the season, as the team had performed poorly, placing 19th out of 22 teams. ==Managerial statistics==