As part of the transformation Mazatlan FC is undergoing to become Atlante starting with the Apertura 2026 tournament, the Canoneros' management decided to hire former Atlante manager Sergio Bueno who thus returns to Liga MX.

Well, with extensive experience in the top flight, including stints with Santos Laguna, Jaguares de Chiapas, Atlas, Atlante, Morelia, Veracruz, San Luis, Queretaro, and Cruz Azul, among other teams, he returns to the First Division with a team managed by the same people who run Atlante, and which will be known as Mazatlan at least until June.

Sergio Bueno has played 306 Liga MX matches between Invierno 2001 and Clausura 2017: 105 with Chiapas, 67 with Atlas, 32 with Santos Laguna, 25 with Celaya, 17 with Puebla, 15 with Queretaro, 13 with Necaxa, 10 with Cruz Azul, 9 with Atlante, 9 with San Luis, and 4 with Morelia.

The official announcement was made by Mazatlan FC, who welcomed the experienced coach, who will take over Mazatlan announced the team's new manager after a poor start to the Clausura 2026 tournament. They also thanked Christian Ramirez for the three matches he managed the Canoneros. “Our institution also thanks Christian Ramirez for his work and dedication shown during the three games he managed at the start of this tournament, and we also announce that he will return to his duties as Director of Youth Teams,” said part of the press release. The last team Bueno managed in the First Division was Jaguares de Chiapas in 2017, where in 17 matches he achieved five wins, four draws, and eight losses, with a squad that included Aquivaldo Mosquera, Christian “Hobbit” Bermudez, and several others, such as the Colombian Felix Micolta. Bueno arrives in Mazatlan accompanied by his usual assistant Rene Isidoro Garcia and Alberto Pedraza, with a very young squad that has seen its main players leave, leaving only Mauro Lainez, Jordan Sierra, Said Godinez, and Facundo Aldama.Mazatlan will become Atlante starting next July after a 12-year absence from the First Division, while the new Mazatlan coach only has one title to his name, in the now-defunct Primera A, in the 2008 Clausura tournament with Leon.