Men's Basketball

University of Alabama in Huntsville

301 Sparkman Dr - Huntsville, AL - 35899
Team Office: Tel: (256) 824-2212 Fax: (256) 824-7306
Team website: www.uah.edu/HTML/Athletics/index.html

Founded in 1950, Alabama-Huntsville is one three University of Alabama universities. UAH is renowned for its engineering and science programs, such as astrophysics and atmospheric science. UAH is a Space Grant university, and has a history of cooperation with both NASA at the nearby Marshall Space Flight Center. It offers 28 bachelor's degree programs, 18 Masters' degree programs, and 12 Ph.D. programs through its five colleges. US News 2008 Report on America's best colleges ranked UAH in the third tier among national universities.

The campus is located in Huntsville (pop. 159k).

School website
www.uah.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

7,100

Getting In:

Moderately Selective. ACT 25/75: 21-27

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$10,000
Out-of-State: ~$16,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Engineering - Health Sciences

Misc. Information

Head coach Lennie Acuff enters his 11th season at Alabama-Huntsville in 2007-08. Prior to his arrival, Acuff spent four seasons at Berry College (NAIA). Acuff played collegiately at Shorter College (NAIA) and still holds that school's all-time assist record. Acuff inherited a program in 1996-97 that had had one winning season in the previous 16 years. Though he suffered losing seasons his first two years, Acuff has since rolled-off nine consecutive winning seasons, averaging 18 wins per year and making three NCAA appearances. In 2006-07, Acuff led the Chargers to an 18-11 mark.

Team Name	Chargers
Colors	Blue and White
Division	NCAA Division II
All-Time Record

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	18-11	22-8	16-12	92-48 (.657)
Conference	6-6	10-4	9-5	44-26 (.629)
Conf. Finish	4	2	3	6, 1, 5, 2, 1
Post Appear.	n/a	1st Rnd	n/a	NCAA 2x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#21	NR	NR

Coaches

Head Coach	Lennie Acuff
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Alabama-Huntsville	1996-97
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	289-220 (.568)
Record at Alabama-Huntsville	172-108 (.614)
Coaching Awards	GSC Div COTY, NABC Dist COTY

Asst. Coaches	Andy Bradshaw, Graham Aderholt,Nathaniel Sterns

Recruiting Coordinator

Lennie Acuff, (256) 824-2212, acuffl@uah.edu

Conference and Schedule

UAH plays in the Gulf South Conference (www.gulfsouthconference.org) which is the largest D2 conference in the nation, comprised of 18 teams from six southeastern states. The GSC is divided into two divisions and UAH plays in the East division. Conference play starts after January 1 with games typically played on Monday, Thursday and Saturday evenings. Though there are two divisions, there is no cross-divisional play. UAH plays each team twice in its own Division. The season concludes with the Gulf South tourney where all members play a double round robin versus teams in their own division. The top four teams in each division advance to the single elimination tourney and the winner is an automatic NCAA bid.

Conference Opponents

West: Arkansas Tech, Ouachita Bapstist, Christian Brothers., Harding, Southern Arkansas, Delta State., Henderson State and U. Arkansas-Monticello East: Alabama-Huntsville, Montevallo, North Alabama, Valdosta State, West Alabama, West Florida, and West Georgia

Facilities

Spragins Hall
Capacity: 2,250