With his career cut short he would move into youth management and would receive his first major assignment in 2006 when he became the manager at the Shanghai Shenhua youth team. By 2007 he would move into assistant management when he joined
Shaanxi Baorong Chanba where he was reunited with his old teammate from Shanghai Shenhua,
Cheng Yaodong who was the club's manager. At the start of the 2009 Chinese league season Zhu got his first management position at second-tier club
Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan and in his debut season helped guided the club to a runners-up spot and promotion to the top tier. In August 2025, Zhu was appointed as the head coach of
China League Two club
Kunming City. ==Honours==