Wang Houjun retired in 1975 and worked as
Fang Renqiu's assistant coach of
Shanghai Football Team. He has been named as head coach of Shanghai Football team in 1983, succeeding Fang Renqiu whose retired from football after winning the
5th National Games of the People's Republic of China. Throughout the 1990s, the Chinese Football Association were demanding more professionalism from their football teams. Shanghai gathered sponsorship from a local company and founded
Shanghai Shenhua F.C. in December 1993. Wang Houjun was replaced by
Xu Genbao. In 1995, the newly established
Shanghai Pudong F.C. have announced the appointment of Wang Houjun to their first head coach. He led them to become
China League Two champions that year, and promotion into the
Jia B. However, he resigned for health reasons in the middle of 1996 season. In 1997, he was invited by
Guangzhou Songri's new head coach Xu Genbao named as their team leader, but resigned soon. For the development of youth football, Wang Houjun started a private football school in
Shanghai from 1998. ==Death==