At the completion of his career, Lovett enrolled in graduate school at the University of Denver, earning his Master's Degree in 1975.
In 1987, Tim Murphy took over as head coach and the team went on to win the conference championship and qualified for the Division I-AA playoffs.
In 1994, head coach Jack Cosgrove brought Lovett back to Maine to again serve as the school's defensive coordinator.
Cosgrove had work alongside Lovett when he was offensive coordinator of the Black Bears before being named the head coach.
Lovett spent the 2007 and 2008 seasons as the special teams coordinator and a defensive assistant at North Carolina, where the kickoff coverage unit ranked among the nation's top 15 and the Tar Heels blocked six kicks in 2008.
Lovett was hired by his former employer at Auburn, Tommy Tuberville, to serve as the Defensive backs coach for the Texas Tech Red Raiders.
Following the game, it was announced on January 4, 2013 that Lovett would be following Tuberville to Cincinnati to accept the defensive backs coach position.