 Upon his return to Lens the club found themselves in the second tier after experiencing relegation, however Gillot stayed with the team until they won promotion back into the top tier at the end of the 1990–91 French Division 2 season.After spending several further seasons with Lens, Gillot would be nearing the end of his career and he joined second tier club FC Mulhouse for a brief period before ending his career with lower league side FC Montauban.After retiring from playing Gillot, soon moved into coaching and joined the FC Sochaux U15 team as a trainer in 1996.