Dick Acres

Richard K. Acres (May 17, 1934 – June 14, 2012) was an American college basketball coach. He served as head men's coach of Oral Roberts University (ORU) for three seasons.

Acres played college basketball at UC Santa Barbara and semi-professionally for Kirby Shoes. He received a degree in education from UC Santa Barbara and later a master's degree from California State University, Los Angeles. After his playing career, he went into teaching, initially at Mark Twain High School. In December of that season, after a disappointing 3–5 start, Hayes was fired and Acres was installed as interim head coach. After leading the team to an 11–9 record in his time as interim coach, Acres was given the full-time head coaching job during that offseason.

The following season, Acres led the Golden Eagles to a 21–10 record, Midwestern City Conference regular season and tournament championships, and was named conference co-coach of the year with Joe Sexson of Butler. In the 1984–85 season, Acres led the Golden Eagles to a 13–15 record and resigned at the end of the season.

Besides his coaching career, Acres served as a referee for basketball, football, and baseball at the high school level. He was also a financial services professional. Acres died on June 14, 2012.

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