Early period He began his career as a coach with
Bridgewater State College between 1988 and 1991. Lukens has been on the coaching staff of clubs such as the
California Cougars (where he was Assistant Coach), He has also been Head Coach of the
Saint Lucia under-23 national team, as well as
Krystal Kherson in the
Ukrainian Second League. and the first to coach in Ukraine. In January 2014 he was one of six American coaches working professionally in Europe. He decided to experiment with a career in Ukraine and the president of
FC Sevastopol was one of few who help him with his efforts although Lukens tried out several other clubs before connecting with Sevastopol. He also works as the club's president. Lukens also acknowledged that at his club Sudnobudivnyk at some point was a problem with match fixing and he had to let go all of playing and coaching staff and hire team anew. Later Lukens has been Technical Director for the Elite Development Academy out of
Fullerton, California. In 2020, Lukens became involved with
Dublin County as team manager and chairman, in their bid to enter the
League of Ireland First Division. Their bid was unsuccessful due to the club's issues in securing
Morton Stadium for home games. Despite having two full-time staff and arranging 20 playing contracts, they lost out to
Treaty United. ==Personal life==