He was head coach of the University of Calgary Dinosaurs football program for 13 seasons from 1969 to 1976 and 1978 to 1982, leading the team to its first conference championship and their inaugural appearance in the Vanier Cup.
[1] He won the Dr. Beattie Martin Trophy for Canadian rookie of the year in the west,[2] rushing for 164 yards and intercepting 2 passes.
[7][1] He also spent a season as the head coach of the Edmonton Wildcats and led them to the western junior final.
[1] In 1968, he became a lecturer and assistant football coach at the University of Calgary, where he worked under his former Huskies Dennis Kadatz.
[7][1] Kadatz retired after the 1969 season to focus on his dutites as athletic director and Lashuk succeeded him as head coach.