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Lennie Acuff

Lennie Acuff (born January 24, 1965)

Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Lipscomb Bisons
Current conference: ASUN Conference
Belhaven College record: 31-35 (.470)
Berry College record: 65-64 (.504)
Alabama-Huntsville record: 437-214 (.671)
Lipscomb record: 85-72 (.541)
Overall record^: 618-385 (.616)

Career Accomplishments:

  • NCAA National Championships:  0
  • NCAA Tournament Appearances:  0
  • NIT Championships:  0
  • NIT Appearances:  0
  • ASUN Regular Season Champion:  0
  • GSC (Div II) Regular Season Champion:  8  (2000, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016)
  • ASUN Tournament Champion:  0
  • GSC (Div II) Tournament Champion:  3  (2012, 2015, 2017)
  • NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances:  11 (2000, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019)

Awards:

  • GSC (Div II) Coach of the Year:  8  (1999, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016)

Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):

2019-present Lipscomb
1997-2019 Alabama-Huntsville
1993-1997 Berry College
1990-1992 Belhaven College

Lennie Acuff Facts

  • Lennie Acuff
  • Born January 24, 1965
  • Hometown: Huntsville, Alabama
  • Alma Mater: Shorter College (BA, 1988)
  • The Huntsville, AL-native played at Shorter College (now University) in Rome, Georgia
  • Became the youngest head coach (25 y/o) at a four-year school in 1990 when he was hired at Belhaven College (Jackson, MS)
  • Spent four years as the head coach at then NAIA Berry College (GA), going 65-64 during that tenure
  • Returned to his hometown in 1997, when he became the head coach at Division II Alabama-Huntsville
    • Coached the UAH Chargers for 22 seasons, compiling a 437-214 overall record at the helm
    • Reached the D-II NCAA Tournament eleven times and won eight Gulf South titles and three Gulf South Tournaments
    • Left UAH as the winningest coach in both program and Gulf South Conference history
    • Named the Gulf South Coach of the Decade (2010s) and inducted into the UAH Athletics HOF (class of 2023)
  • Hired in April 2019 to be the new head coach at Lipscomb, his first job at a Division I program
    • Went 16-16 and reached the ASUN Tournament final in his first season
    • Through five seasons at the helm, Acuff is 85-72 overall and has won 20 games on two occasions
  • Acuff began a term as President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) in April 2023

Lennie Acuff Coaching Tree

  • Kevin Carroll (Trevecca Nazarene, Maryville)
  • Daniel Harris (Davis & Elkins)

 

^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I, Division II and NAIA levels