Lennie Acuff
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Lipscomb |
| Conference | Atlantic Sun |
| Record | 85–72 (.541) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 24, 1965 Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1985–1988 | Shorter |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1990–1992 | Belhaven |
| 1993–1997 | Berry |
| 1997–2019 | Alabama–Huntsville |
| 2019–present | Lipscomb |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 635–394 (.617) 96-99 (.492) (NAIA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 8× Gulf South regular season 3× Gulf South tournament (2012, 2015, 2017) | |
| Awards | |
| 8× Gulf South Coach of the Year (1999, 2003, 2005, 2010–2012, 2015, 2016) | |
Lennie Acuff (born January 24, 1965) is an American basketball coach, currently head coach of the Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball team.[1]
Playing career
[edit]Acuff attended Shorter College where he set the single game, single season and career record for assists, which still stand to this day.[2]
Coaching career
[edit]At 25, Acuff landed his first head coaching job with Belhaven College where he posted a 31–35 record over two seasons.[3] He then moved on to Berry College where he'd compile a 65–64 overall record with back-to-back 20-win seasons in his final two seasons.[4] Acuff would accept the head coaching position at Alabama–Huntsville, the town he grew up in. Over the course of 22 seasons at the helm of the Chargers, he would guide the team to eight Gulf South Conference regular season crowns, three conference tournament titles and 11 NCAA Division II tournament appearances, including the Elite Eight in 2011 and 2012.[2][1]
On April 24, 2019 Acuff was named the 19th head men's basketball coach at Lipscomb, replacing Casey Alexander who departed for the same position at Belmont.[1][5]
Head coaching record
[edit]NAIA
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belhaven College (N/A) (1990–1992) | |||||||||
| 1990–91 | Belhaven | 14–19 | |||||||
| 1991–92 | Belhaven | 17–16 | |||||||
| Belhaven NAIA: | 31–35 (.470) | ||||||||
| Berry College (N/A) (1993–1997) | |||||||||
| 1993–94 | Berry College | 13–20 | |||||||
| 1994–95 | Berry College | 11–19 | |||||||
| 1995–96 | Berry College | 20–13 | |||||||
| 1996–97 | Berry College | 21–12 | |||||||
| Berry College NAIA: | 65–64 (.504) | ||||||||
| Total: | 96–99 (.492) | ||||||||
|
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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NCAA DII
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama–Huntsville (Gulf South Conference) (1997–2019) | |||||||||
| 1997–98 | Alabama–Huntsville | 9–17 | 5–9 | 7th (East) | |||||
| 1998–99 | Alabama–Huntsville | 15–12 | 9–5 | 3rd (East) | |||||
| 1999–00 | Alabama–Huntsville | 22–7 | 11–3 | 1st (East) | NCAA Second Round | ||||
| 2000–01 | Alabama–Huntsville | 19–8 | 9–5 | 2nd (East) | |||||
| 2001–02 | Alabama–Huntsville | 17–9 | 7–7 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 2001–02 | Alabama–Huntsville | 17–9 | 7–7 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 2002–03 | Alabama–Huntsville | 20–11 | 11–3 | 1st (East) | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2003–04 | Alabama–Huntsville | 14–13 | 6–8 | 6th (East) | |||||
| 2004–05 | Alabama–Huntsville | 16–12 | 9–5 | 3rd (East) | |||||
| 2005–06 | Alabama–Huntsville | 22–8 | 10–4 | 2nd (East) | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2006–07 | Alabama–Huntsville | 18–11 | 6–6 | 4th (East) | |||||
| 2007–08 | Alabama–Huntsville | 13–15 | 6–6 | 4th (East) | |||||
| 2008–09 | Alabama–Huntsville | 17–11 | 7–5 | 4th (East) | |||||
| 2009–10 | Alabama–Huntsville | 23–7 | 9–1 | 1st (East) | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2010–11 | Alabama–Huntsville | 29–5 | 11–1 | 1st (East) | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
| 2011–12 | Alabama–Huntsville | 29–4 | 13–1 | 1st | NCAA Elite Eight | ||||
| 2012–13 | Alabama–Huntsville | 25–6 | 15–3 | 2nd | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2013–14 | Alabama–Huntsville | 15–13 | 11–9 | 5th | |||||
| 2014–15 | Alabama–Huntsville | 23–9 | 15–7 | 1st | NCAA first round | ||||
| 2015–16 | Alabama–Huntsville | 25–8 | 18–4 | 1st | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2016–17 | Alabama–Huntsville | 26–8 | 17–5 | 2nd | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
| 2017–18 | Alabama–Huntsville | 16–12 | 9–11 | 9th | |||||
| 2018–19 | Alabama–Huntsville | 24–8 | 15–5 | 3rd | NCAA first round | ||||
| Alabama–Huntsville: | 454–223 (.671) | 236–120 (.663) | |||||||
| Total: | 454–223 (.671) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
| |||||||||
NCAA DI
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lipscomb (Atlantic Sun) (2019–present) | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | Lipscomb | 16–16 | 9–7 | 3rd | |||||
| 2020–21 | Lipscomb | 15–12 | 9–6 | 3rd | |||||
| 2021–22 | Lipscomb | 14–19 | 6–10 | 4th (West) | |||||
| 2022–23 | Lipscomb | 20–13 | 11–7 | 5th | |||||
| 2023–24 | Lipscomb | 20–12 | 11–5 | T–2nd | |||||
| Lipscomb: | 85–72 (.541) | 46–35 (.568) | |||||||
| Total: | 85–72 (.541) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kirk Downs (April 24, 2019). "Lennie Acuff Tabbed to Lead Lipscomb Men's Basketball". LipscombSports.com. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ a b "Lennie Acuff - Men's Basketball Coach". UAH Athletics.
- ^ "Men's Basketball Coaching Records". blazers.belhaven.edu.
- ^ "Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 17 May 2023.
- ^ "Lipscomb basketball hires 500-game winner Lennie Acuff from Alabama-Huntsville". The Tennessean.
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