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Dennis Lukens (born June 28, 1952)[1] is an American professional soccer coach and former player.

Dennis Lukens

Personal information
Date of birth	(1952-06-28) June 28, 1952 (age 70)
Youth career
	Springfield College
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Boston Storm
Teams managed
1988–1991	Bridgewater State College
	Boston Storm
2000	Bay Area Seals
	Saint Lucia U23
2012–2013	Krystal Kherson
2016–2017	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
2017–2018	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
2020–2021	Dublin County
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Lukens played college soccer for Springfield College,[2] and professionally for the Boston Storm.[3] He was the founder of the Boston Storm.[4]

Coaching career

He began his career as a coach with Bridgewater State College between 1988 and 1991.[5]

Lukens has been on the coaching staff of clubs such as the California Cougars (where he was Assistant Coach),[6][7] and he was also Head Coach of both the Boston Storm,[3][6] and the Bay Area Seals.[6][8]

He has also been Head Coach of the Saint Lucia under-23 national team,[6] as well as Krystal Kherson in the Ukrainian Second League.[7][9][10] Lukens became the first American to coach soccer in the former Soviet Union,[11] and the first to coach in the Ukraine.[12] In January 2014 he was one of six American coaches working professionally in Europe.[7]

Lukens has also been Director of Coaching for the Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association, and he has worked with the United States Soccer Federation.[4]

He took over as manager of Ukrainian club Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv in 2016.[10] He also works as the club's president.[13][14]

Later Lukens has been Technical Director for the Elite Development Academy out of Fullerton, California.[15]

In 2020, Lukens became involved with Dublin County as team manager and chairman, in their bid to enter the League of Ireland First Division.[16] 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.[17]

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