Career
He is currently the Coaching Director of Finnish third tier club Tervarit. Pyykölä has managed Football Club Jazz, Football Club Lahti, KuPS and VPS in the Finnish premier division Veikkausliiga. He was the head coach of Swedish club IF Brommapojkarna from 1998 to 1999.
In 1998 the club was promoted to Superettan.
Ten months later he was replaced by Jukka Vakkila, just couple of days before the first leg of 1997-1998 Union of European Football Associations Champions League second qualifying round against Feyenoord. In 2008 Pyykölä was named as the head coach of Office of Personnel Services Oulu but he resigned before the season started.
