Career
He also was a player, in lower divisions teams, such as Sanoczanka Sanok, Stomil Poznań, Sleza Wrocław, and Moto-Jelcz Olawa. At the age of 28, Lenczyk ended his career as a football player, and began working as a coach. At first, he was coached in several teams of southeastern Poland, in 1975 finding a job at Wisła Krakow, where he was assistant.
Next year, he became a coach of Wisla"s first team, winning Championship of Poland in the 1977/78 season.
Furthermore, Lenczyk"s Wisla got to the quarter-finals of the 1978-1979 European Cup, beating Club Brugge, and Zbrojovka Brno, only to lose to the runner-up, Malmö FF. In October 2005, he got a job at GKS BełchatóWest After first, difficult season, his team was Polish runner-up, with such players, as Radosław Matusiak, Pawel Strak, Lukasz Gargula, and Piotr Lech.
He was fired in March 2008, after five defeats in a row. On April 16, 2009, he was named head coach of Zaglebie Lubin, winning promotion to the Ekstraklasa.
In August 2009, Lenczyk became the coach of Cracovia, replacing Artur Platek.
After problems with Cracovia management he came to terms with the higher-ups and dissolve his contract. On 27 September 2010, he was named the successor for Ryszard Tarasiewicz by Śląsk Wrocław. The team became a runner-up in Polish League in 2010/2011 season.