[13] During his time in the club he was impressed with skills of the Polish footballer Mariusz Lewandowski, particularly his ball control and passing, and noted that players like Julius Aghahowa and Igor Duljaj deserved to be mentioned as well.

[13] Lukens left Sevastopol after Angel Chervenkov who arrived with his own coaching staff replaced Oleh Leshchynskyi[13] in December 2010.

[13] After leaving FC Sevastopol, Lukens tried to get a coaching position in MFC Mykolaiv, but the president of the club refused to meet with him.

[15][16] 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.

[13] Along with Oleksandr Petrakov, Anatoliy Tymoshchuk and Andriy Shevchenko, Lukens received his UEFA PRO license in Kyiv.

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