Keith Richard
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.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Louisiana–Monroe |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Record | 163–271 (.376) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 10, 1960 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1978–1982 | Northeast Louisiana |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1984–1986 | Northeast Louisiana (G.A.) |
| 1986–1989 | Marshall (asst.) |
| 1989–1994 | Northeast Louisiana (asst.) |
| 1995–1998 | Louisiana Tech (asst.) |
| 1998–2007 | Louisiana Tech |
| 2008–2010 | LSU (asst.) |
| 2010–present | Louisiana–Monroe |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2013 | Louisiana–Monroe (interim AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 313–388 (.447) |
| Tournaments | 1–2 (NIT) 3–2 (CBI) 1–3 (CIT) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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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. As a senior on the Northeast Louisiana basketball team, Richard started 29 of 30 games and averaged 4.5 points per game. 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. Richard is currently tied with Kermit Davis for 2nd in all-time Sun Belt Conference wins with 117.