Dennis Lukens

Dennis Lukens (born June 28, 1952) is an American professional soccer coach and former player.

Playing career Lukens played college soccer for Springfield College, and professionally for the Boston Storm. He was the founder of the Boston Storm.

Lukens has been on the coaching staff of clubs such as the California Cougars (where he was Assistant Coach),

He has also been Head Coach of the Saint Lucia under-23 national team, as well as Krystal Kherson in the Ukrainian Second League. and the first to coach in Ukraine. In January 2014 he was one of six American coaches working professionally in Europe. He decided to experiment with a career in Ukraine and the president of FC Sevastopol was one of few who help him with his efforts although Lukens tried out several other clubs before connecting with Sevastopol. He also works as the club's president. Lukens also acknowledged that at his club Sudnobudivnyk at some point was a problem with match fixing and he had to let go all of playing and coaching staff and hire team anew.

Later Lukens has been Technical Director for the Elite Development Academy out of Fullerton, California.

In 2020, Lukens became involved with Dublin County as team manager and chairman, in their bid to enter the League of Ireland First Division. Their bid was unsuccessful due to the club's issues in securing Morton Stadium for home games. Despite having two full-time staff and arranging 20 playing contracts, they lost out to Treaty United.

Personal life Dennis Lukens has a son who was born and grew up in Ukraine.