 In September 2012, Maradiaga was presented as the new manager of Guatemalan giants Municipal.In September 2015 he accepted the position of coach of the El Salvador national football team.On 6 September 2016, his team revealed that they had all been approached, and had turned down, an offer to ensure that their result against Canada saw Honduras progress to the next round, but Maradiaga was later fined 20,000 Swiss francs and banned from football for two years for not disclosing the approach.