Lipscomb Hires Lenny Acuff as New Basketball Coach
Posted: April 26th, 2019, 3:42 pm
by olldflame
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
Posted: April 26th, 2019, 6:23 pm
by Purple Haize
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
Re: Lipscomb Hires Lenny Acuff as New Basketball Coach
Posted: April 26th, 2019, 7:25 pm
by olldflame
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.