The Kick collapsed at the end of the season and in July 1990, the Atlanta Attack selected Lipka in the dispersal draft.
He also spent time in trials with the San Diego Sockers before signing with the Detroit Rockers of the NPSL in November 1990.
In 1987, he joined Bishop Dwenger High School as the boys' soccer team assistant coach.
In 2003, United States Soccer Federation hired Lipka as the goalkeeper coach of the U.S. U-19 women's national team, a position he held through 2003 and 2004.
In 2004, he also served as the goalkeeper coach for the U.S. U-21 women's national team at the Nordic Cup, which the U.S. won for the fifth consecutive time.
Lipka served as the head coach for the Morehead State Eagles women's soccer team from 2009 to 2021.