Coach Acham started his coaching career in the early in 1980’s at Far Rockaway High school where his team made the championship finals 4 times. He then took a break from coaching in 1994 and came back to coach in 2015 at Wingate High School. His team at Wingate won numerous awards at cities, states and his team making the finals of the freestyle girls dual meet championships in 2017. In 2020, he was awarded the 2020 Girls Coach of the Year by Beat the Streets.