Salisu Yusuf he moved to Lobi Stars as an assistant coach and helping them win the National Challenge Cup (now Nigerian FA Cup) in 2003. He later moved to Dolphins F.C. where he worked as assistant coach until 2008 when he joined Kano Pillars as chief coach and eventually led them to win the 2008 Nigeria Premier League title. In 2009, the Nigeria Football Federation employed Yusuf as assistant coach to Samson Siasia who was serving as the head coach of the Nigeria national football team. Yusuf was still working with Siasia when Kano Pillars appointed him as technical adviser in 2010,
Kano State Polytechnic Kano State Polytechnic Kano State Polytechnic is a Nigerian tertiary institution located in Kano, North-Western Nigeria. Established in 1975, the school has five units namely: School of Technology(SOT) situated at Matan Fada Road, Kano; School of Management Studies (SMS)located along Yahaya Gusau Road, Kano; School of Environmental Studies (SES), Gwarzo; School of Rural Technology and Entrepreneurship Development, Rano (SORTED Rano]]; and School of General Studies (SGS) located along Sheikh Jaafar Mahmoud Adam Road. The Central Administration is the heart of the school where administrative issues of the school are carried out and it is located along Bayero University, Kano (BUK)