Career
Lutz moved from FK Clausen (where he came to from FV Linden) to 1. Football Club Kaiserslautern in 1988, where he spent the rest of his Bundesliga career up to 2000. He finished his career in Luxembourg with the F91 Dudelange.
From 2002 to 2004, Lutz was on the supervisory board of the FCK. Since 2004, he worked as manager at F91 Dudelange, Jeunesse Esch and South Carolina Hauenstein.
From June 2007 to February 2008, he worked as assistant to manager Kjetil Rekdal at 1. Football Club Kaiserslautern. Shortly after his release he was hired again as assistant to the new manager Milan Šašić.