Julio Díaz Sánchez (born 16 April 1948) is a Spanish football coach and former player.
Managerial career Díaz was born in Cesuras, A Coruña, Galicia, and played for SD Compostela, AD Ceuta and CD Díter Zafra. As a manager, he achieved an incredible run in the 1987–88 Copa del Rey with Bergantiños FC, only being knocked out by Rayo Vallecano.La Voz del Deporte. Entrevista a Julio Díaz (La Voz del Deporte. Interview with Julio Díaz); La Voz del Deporte, 25 November 2013
In 1988 Díaz was appointed CD Lugo manager. He was sacked the following year, but eventually returned to the club in 1990.
In 2000, after a stint at Pontevedra CF, Díaz returned to the Albivermellos, and despite leaving the club at the end of the campaign, was again appointed on 19 September 2001.El Lugo cesa a Basadre y reincorpora a Julio Díaz (Lugo sacks Basadre and resigns Julio Díaz); La Voz de Galicia, 19 September 2001 He was sacked in December 2002, and ended his spell at the club with 214 matches in charge, behind only Quique Setién.Setién iguala a Julio Díaz como el técnico con más partidos con Lugo en Liga (Setién equals Julio Díaz as the manager with most league matches for Lugo); ABC, 7 December 2014
On 14 March 2007, Díaz was named SD Negreira manager.Julio Díaz faise cargo da dirección do Negreira (Julio Díaz takes over Negreira's squad); Galicia Hoxe, 14 March 2007 Roughly one year later, he was dismissed.Julián toma el relevo a Julio Díaz (Julián takes over Julio Díaz) ; El Correo Gallego, 25 March 2008
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