lochead decided to try his hand at coaching after retiring as a player. he filled in as a midseason replacement for esc wolfsburg in 1988 and remained with them the following season. he led the team to a 16–12–4 record in 1988–89. lochead again crossed the atlantic to coach for two teams in switzerland within the schweizerischer eishockeyverband. after coaching solothurn and olten he returned to germany to coach sauerland iserlohn ecd in the 1993–94 season. after one season with sauerland he moved back into the top league of germany, the del. he was head coach of the ratinger löwen from the 1994-95 season until 1996–97. in 1995-96 lochead led the team to a surprising 10th-place finish in the 18 team league with the smallest budget in the league. unfortunately, the team was plagued with financial problems which affected the team's performance and he was let go after ratingen found themselves as the worst team in the league in 1996-97. lochead coached kassel huskies of the del to a .520 win percentage record in 1997-98. he ended his coaching career as an assistant coach with the frankfurt lions of the del in 1998-1999. he is now a successful hockey player agent living in frankfurt germany.