Bio

Richards joins the Hawks after serving the last ten years under Coach Chris Graves at Birmingham-Southern College. During his time at BSC the Panthers won two conference championships, including a 17-0 run through the conference (only the second time in program history) and made an appearance in the NCAA Tournament where they advanced to the Round of 32.

He has also served as the head JV coach at BSC while implementing offensive and defensive schemes, recruiting the southeast region, and conducting advanced statistical analysis on opponents with film breakdown and scouting reports. Richards developed individual players skills with a focus on post players and ran the strength and conditioning program.

While maintaining his role in various capacities at BSC, Richards also coached for Elite Hoops Basketball, J Smith Hoops, and Richards Basketball Academy where he was a camp coach and personal trainer who specialized in improving athletes' skills and boosting their psychological development.

Prior to coaching at Birmingham Southern he spent one year at Homewood High School as the Assistant Men's Basketball Coach and Strength and Conditioning Coach.

He was recruited out of high school by current head coach Chris Graves and played for four years at BSC earning Academic All-American, Honorable Mention All-American, All-Region, All-District, and All-Conference honors as well as becoming a 1,000-point scorer. Richards helped lead the team to the program's first ever NCAA tournament appearance to go along with several conference championships. His class finished with an overall record of 88-20, consisting of four consecutive 20+ win seasons and an impressive home record of 54-2. 

Richards graduated from BSC in May of 2013 with a B.S. degree in mathematics. Before BSC, Richards graduated from Hoover High School where he played basketball for coach Charles Burkett.