Career
He became the youngest football manager in the history of the Argentine Primera when he took charge of Argentinos Juniors in 1969 aged 22. Cavagnaro has coached ten Argentine teams, including Argentinos Juniors, Vélez Sársfield, Ferro Carril Oeste, Racing Club, Unión de Santa Fe and Platense in the Argentine Primera. He has also worked in Mexico where he was coach of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Pumas and Atlante.
He has also coached a large number of national teams in the CONCACAF region, these include Guatemala (twice), Panama, Grenada, Street Kitts and Nevis and El Salvador.
Cavagnaro has also worked in Asia. He become the head coach of the Philippines national team in 1989, and in 2007 he worked as the coach of VB Sports Club of the Maldives.