50th Anniversary of Women's Athletics at Binghamton University
Profile: Annette Acuff, Head Cross Country Coach, 2000-present
Brief: A native of Pryor, Okla., Annette Acuff has built a strong reputation for distance running at Binghamton, both in the sports of cross country and track. Getting ready to enter her 21st year at the university, she is the longest-tenured female coach of any sport in Binghamton history.
Acuff has produced six All-Americans, seven NCAA qualifiers, two sub-four-minute milers, 22 America East champions and 62 all-conference selections in her successful tenure. In addition, she has piloted two teams to conference titles and another pair to runnerup finishes.
She came to Binghamton in 2000 after three years at Northern Colorado. A former NCAA Division I runner, Acuff earned all-conference honors in indoor track two straight years in the 1,000 meters at Oklahoma (1992-93). Acuff was also an Academic All-Big Eight selection four times (1991-94). She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Oklahoma in 1995, and went on to earn her master’s degree in physical education, with an emphasis in sports psychology, from Northern Colorado in May 2000.
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