| Leo Richardson | |
| Birth Date: | 19 December 1931 |
| Birth Place: | Gresham, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Death Place: | South Carolina, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Team2: | Morris |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Team4: | Morris |
| Player Positions: | Guard |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1961–1963 |
| Coach Team2: | Morris |
| Coach Years3: | 1964–1968 |
| Coach Team3: | Savannah State |
| Coach Sport4: | Basketball |
| Coach Years5: | 1964–1971 |
| Coach Team5: | Savannah State |
| Coach Years6: | 1973–1978 |
| Coach Team6: | Buffalo |
| Awards: | SIAC Basketball Coach of the Year (1970) Savannah State University Sports Hall of Fame inductee (2010) |
Leo Richardson (December 19, 1931 – July 23, 2023) was an American basketball and football coach. Richardson was the head basketball coach at Savannah State University from 1964 to 1971, and the University at Buffalo from 1973 to 1978.[1] [2] He compiled an overall basketball coaching record of 146–176. Richardson led the Savannah State basketball team to a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference conference tournament title in 1970, for which he was named coach of the year.[3] He was the University at Buffalo's first African American head basketball coach. He also served as the head football coach at Savannah State from 1964 to 1968, compiling a record of 13–25–2. Richardson was elected to the Savannah State University Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.[4] [5]
Richardson was born in Gresham, South Carolina and attended elementary and high school in Loris, South Carolina. He played football and basketball at Morris College in Sumter, South Carolina before graduating in 1954. Richardson then coached football and basketball at A. L. Corbett High School in Wagener, South Carolina. Richardson earned a master's degree from the Tuskegee Institute—now known as Tuskegee University—in 1961.[6] [7] Richardson died in South Carolina on July 23, 2023, at the age of 91.[8]