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.
[1] Acres coached at Carson High School in California from 1970 to 1982, winning the state 4A title in his last season there.
[2] In December of that season, after a disappointing 3–5 start, Hayes was fired and Acres was installed as interim head coach.
[6] Besides his coaching career, Acres served as a referee for basketball, football, and baseball at the high school level.