After working for a few seasons in Russian and Belarusian lower leagues' clubs, in 1996 Puntus was appointed as a head coach for newly reformed
BATE Borisov. Puntus led the team to the
Belarusian Premier League in just two seasons and eventually won two championship titles (in 1999 and 2002). In 2004 Puntus joined
MTZ-RIPO Minsk and led the team to winning
Belarusian Cup in 2005. In January 2006 he was appointed as
Belarus national football team head coach and later that year he left
MTZ-RIPO to focus on national team's
UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying campaign. In late 2007 he was sacked due to unsatisfying results and immediately rejoined
MTZ-RIPO, before leading them to another Cup title in 2008. In the following years Puntus coached
Dinamo Brest (from 2009 to 2011),
Smolevichi-STI (from 2011 to 2013), whom he led to the promotion from
Second League to
First League, and
Slavia Mozyr, whom he joined in early 2014. ==Honours==