Career
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 Technical University. Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Richard earned a Bachelor of Arts in business (1982) and Master of Arts 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.