Raised in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, Lawson graduated from Cedar Ridge High School.
He spent time with the New York Arrows of the Major Indoor Soccer League.
He served as an assistant with the Georgia Perimeter College women's soccer team from the 1990s until recently.[when?]
He coached for the OFC Black team and led them to a five-win season and a semifinal appearance in the Athens Finale in 2014.
He is currently a coach of the 06 boys team of the CSC youth soccer club in Anchorage, Alaska.