Lennie Acuff

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Lennie Acuff
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Samford
Conference Southern
Record0–0 (–)
Biographical details
Born (1965-01-24) January 24, 1965 (age 60)
Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Playing career
1985–1988 Shorter
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1990–1993 Belhaven
1993–1997 Berry
1997–2019 Alabama–Huntsville
2019–2025 Lipscomb
2025–present Samford
Head coaching record
Overall564–305 (.649) (NCAA)
114–114 (.500) (NAIA)
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards

Lennie Acuff (born January 24, 1965) is an American basketball coach who is currently the head men's basketball coach at Samford University. [1]

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Playing career

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

At 25, Acuff landed his first head coaching job with Belhaven College where he posted a 49–50 record over three 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]

On April 9, 2025 Acuff, who led Lipscomb to three consecutive 20-win seasons and a spot in the 2025 NCAA tournament, was announced as Samford's new head coach, replacing Bucky McMillan, who left for the same position at Texas A&M. [1] [6]

Head coaching record

NAIA

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Belhaven College (N/A)(1990–1993)
1990–91Belhaven 14–19
1991–92Belhaven 17–16
1992–93Belhaven 18–15
Belhaven NAIA:49–50 (.495)
Berry College (N/A)(1993–1997)
1993–94Berry College 13–20
1994–95Berry College 11–19
1995–96Berry College 20–13
1996–97Berry College 21–12
Berry College NAIA:65–64 (.504)
Total:114–114 (.500)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

NCAA DII

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Alabama–Huntsville (Gulf South Conference)(1997–2019)
1997–98Alabama–Huntsville 9–175–97th (East)
1998–99Alabama–Huntsville 15–129–53rd (East)
1999–00Alabama–Huntsville 22–711–31st (East)NCAA Second Round
2000–01Alabama–Huntsville 19–89–52nd (East)
2001–02Alabama–Huntsville 17–97–75th (East)
2001–02Alabama–Huntsville 17–97–75th (East)
2002–03Alabama–Huntsville 20–1111–31st (East)NCAA First Round
2003–04Alabama–Huntsville 14–136–86th (East)
2004–05Alabama–Huntsville 16–129–53rd (East)
2005–06Alabama–Huntsville 22–810–42nd (East) NCAA first round
2006–07Alabama–Huntsville 18–116–64th (East)
2007–08Alabama–Huntsville 13–156–64th (East)
2008–09Alabama–Huntsville 17–117–54th (East)
2009–10Alabama–Huntsville 23–79–11st (East) NCAA first round
2010–11Alabama–Huntsville 29–511–11st (East) NCAA Elite Eight
2011–12Alabama–Huntsville 29–413–11st NCAA Elite Eight
2012–13Alabama–Huntsville 25–615–32nd NCAA Sweet 16
2013–14Alabama–Huntsville 15–1311–95th
2014–15Alabama–Huntsville 23–915–71st NCAA first round
2015–16Alabama–Huntsville 25–818–41st NCAA Sweet 16
2016–17Alabama–Huntsville 26–817–52nd NCAA Sweet 16
2017–18Alabama–Huntsville 16–129–119th
2018–19Alabama–Huntsville 24–815–53rd NCAA first round
Alabama–Huntsville:454–223 (.671)236–120 (.663)
Total:454–223 (.671)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

NCAA DI

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Lipscomb (Atlantic Sun)(2019–2025)
2019–20 Lipscomb 16–169–73rd
2020–21 Lipscomb 15–129–63rd
2021–22 Lipscomb 14–196–104th (West)
2022–23 Lipscomb 20–1311–75th
2023–24 Lipscomb 20–1211–5T–2nd
2024–25 Lipscomb 25–1014–4T–1st NCAA Division I Round of 64
Lipscomb:110–82 (.573)60–39 (.606)
Total:110–82 (.573)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 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.
  2. 1 2 "Lennie Acuff - Men's Basketball Coach". UAH Athletics.
  3. ↑ "Men's Basketball Coaching Records". blazers.belhaven.edu.
  4. ↑ "Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Lipscomb basketball hires 500-game winner Lennie Acuff from Alabama-Huntsville". The Tennessean.
  6. ↑ "Lennie Acuff leaves Lipscomb, takes Samford head coaching job". ESPN.
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