After retiring, Pilić began coaching and became the first captain to win the Davis Cup trophy for three different nations: Germany in 1988, 1989 and 1993, Croatia in 2005 and Serbia in 2010.
Pilić je največji uspeh kariere dosegel z uvrstitvijo v finale Grand Slam turnirja za Odprto prvenstvo Francije, kjer ga je leta 1973 v treh nizih premagal Ilie Năstase.