Lipscomb Hires Lenny Acuff as New Basketball Coach

Lipscomb Hires Lenny Acuff as New Basketball Coach#576366

By olldflame - April 26th, 2019, 3:42 pm

- April 26th, 2019, 3:42 pm #576366

I suspect this will make Purple smile.
He won 437 games in the last 23 year at D2 Alabama-Huntsville.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports ... 469379002/

Current Liberty assistant Derek Johnson was an assistant under Acuff for 3 years before coming to the mountain.

Re: Lipscomb Hires Lenny Acuff as New Basketball Coach#576370

By Purple Haize - April 26th, 2019, 6:23 pm

- April 26th, 2019, 6:23 pm #576370

oldflame wrote:I suspect this will make Purple smile.
He won 437 games in the last 23 year at D2 Alabama-Huntsville.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports ... 469379002/

Current Liberty assistant Derek Johnson was an assistant under Acuff for 3 years before coming to the mountain.

I think it’s a great hire for them. I like the nod to Coach Meyer. That guy was a legend. Perfect template for them. Not a good hire for Liberty

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Re: Lipscomb Hires Lenny Acuff as New Basketball Coach#576371

By olldflame - April 26th, 2019, 7:25 pm

- April 26th, 2019, 7:25 pm #576371

Purple Haize wrote:
oldflame wrote:I suspect this will make Purple smile.
He won 437 games in the last 23 year at D2 Alabama-Huntsville.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports ... 469379002/

Current Liberty assistant Derek Johnson was an assistant under Acuff for 3 years before coming to the mountain.
I think it’s a great hire for them. I like the nod to Coach Meyer. That guy was a legend. Perfect template for them. Not a good hire for Liberty

There is no question the guy can coach. Having Derek on staff should give us a leg up on the rest of the conference in preparing for them. He has a huge rebuilding job to do, which will test whether he can recruit D1 players.