At the club he became Eredivisie champion in 1986, alongside players such as Ruud Gullit, Frank Arnesen and Eric Gerets, among others.

Lokhoff was then appointed the head coach of Excelsior in the summer of 2006, where he succeeded Mario Been who had achieved promotion to the Eredivisie with the club.

[6] In September 2009 he was named as an assistant trainer for FC Red Bull Salzburg under fellow Dutchman Huub Stevens.

He succeeded Belgian manager Glen De Boeck who had ended his contract because of a lack of confidence in achieving with the current squad.

[10] He then joined Huub Stevens again as assistant manager of Greek club PAOK, rekindling their cooperation of Red Bull Salzburg between 2009 and 2011.