Lipscomb Bisons basketball
Lipscomb Bisons basketball history
Lipscomb University (Nashville, TN)
Allen Arena
ASUN Conference
Current head coach: Lennie Acuff (2019-)
- Assoc. HC: Tyler Murray (2019-)
- Asst: Roger Idstrom (2013-)
- Asst: Vince Martin (2023-)
- Asst/DBO: Will Acuff (2023-)
- Asst/Video: Peyton Mattingly (2023-)
Post-Season:
- National Championships: 0
- Final Four Appearances: 0
- Sweet Sixteen Appearances: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2018)
- NCAAT Overall Record: 0-1
- NIT Championships: 0 (Runner-up in 2019)
- NIT Appearances: 2 (2006, 2019)
- NIT Overall Record: 4-2
- NAIA National Championships: 1 (1986)
- NAIA Tournament Appearances: 14 (1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000)
- NAIA Tournament Overall Record: 21-13
Conference Titles (VSAC, TCAC, ASUN):
- ASUN Regular Season Championships: 3 (2006, 2010, 2019)
- ASUN Tournament Championships: 1 (2018)
Award Winners:
- Naismith Player of the Year: 0
- John R. Wooden Award: 0
- Oscar Robertson Trophy: 0
- AP All-Americans: 0
- ASUN Player of the Year: 2 (last = Garrison Mathews, 2019)
Lipscomb head coaches:
Coach | Tenure | Record | Conf. Titles | NCAA Apps. | Nat. Champ |
Lennie Acuff | 2019-Pres | 85-72 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Casey Alexander | 2013-19 | 113-84 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Scott Sanderson | 1999-2013 | 222-139 | 2 | 1^ | 0 |
Don Meyer | 1975-99 | 663-243 | 0 | 13^ | 1^ |
Charles Strasburger | 1973-75 | 26-34 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mike Clark | 1970-73 | 28-45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Dugan | 1967-70 | 24-48 | – | 0 | 0 |
Guy E. Phipps | 1966-67 | 8-14 | – | 0 | 0 |
Charles Morris | 1955-66 | 128-144 | – | 0 | 0 |
Elvis Sherril | 1952-55 | 30-49 | – | 0 | 0 |
Herman Waddell | 1949-52 | 60-28 | – | 0 | 0 |
Fessor Boyce | 1944-49 | 41-46 | – | 0 | 0 |
Peyton Alsup | 1943-44 | 5-11 | – | 0 | 0 |
Herb Nance | 1936-43 | 90-45 | – | 0 | 0 |
Robert G. Neil | 1933-36 | 17-29 | – | – | – |
Robert Alexander | 1932-33 | 3-10 | – | – | – |
Leo Lipscomb Boles | 1929-32 | 70-19 | – | – | – |
Edgar Darnell | 1928-29 | ## | – | – | – |
Herschel Priestley | 1926-28 | ## | – | – | – |
Key: Conf. Titles= Regular Season only, NCAA Apps= NCAA Tournament Appearances, Nat. Champ= NCAA Tournament Champions
^ These tournament appearances and national titles came when the Lipscomb program was at the NAIA level; Lipscomb moved up to Division I prior to the 2003-04 season
## win/loss records prior to 1929 are not available
NOTE: Overall program records on this page do not include anything later vacated by the NCAA.