Keith Richard | |
Current Title: | Head coach |
Current Team: | Louisiana–Monroe |
Current Conference: | Sun Belt |
Birth Date: | 10 January 1960 |
Birth Place: | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1978–1982 |
Player Team1: | Northeast Louisiana |
Coach Years1: | 1984–1986 |
Coach Team1: | Northeast Louisiana (G.A.) |
Coach Years2: | 1986–1989 |
Coach Team2: | Marshall (asst.) |
Coach Years3: | 1989–1994 |
Coach Team3: | Northeast Louisiana (asst.) |
Coach Years4: | 1995–1998 |
Coach Team4: | Louisiana Tech (asst.) |
Coach Years5: | 1998–2007 |
Coach Team5: | Louisiana Tech |
Coach Years6: | 2008–2010 |
Coach Team6: | LSU (asst.) |
Coach Years7: | 2010–present |
Coach Team7: | Louisiana–Monroe |
Admin Years1: | 2013 |
Admin Team1: | Louisiana–Monroe (interim AD) |
Tournament Record: | 1–2 (NIT) 3–2 (CBI) 1–3 (CIT) |
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Keith Gerard Richard (born January 10, 1960) is an American college basketball coach. He is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe and a former head men's basketball coach at Louisiana Tech University.
Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Richard earned a B.A. in business (1982) and M.A. in counseling (1986) from Northeast Louisiana University, now the University of Louisiana at Monroe.[1] As a senior on the Northeast Louisiana basketball team, Richard started 29 of 30 games and averaged 4.5 points per game.[2] Richard was on the Northeast Louisiana teams that won the Trans American Athletic Conference regular season titles in 1979, 1980, and 1982 and conference tournament in 1982.[3] Richard is currently tied with Kermit Davis for 2nd in all-time Sun Belt Conference wins with 117. [4]