Keith Richard

Keith Richard
Biographical details
Born (1960-01-10) January 10, 1960
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Playing career
1978–1982Northeast Louisiana
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1984–1986Northeast Louisiana (G.A.)
1986–1989Marshall (asst.)
1989–1994Northeast Louisiana (asst.)
1995–1998Louisiana Tech (asst.)
1998–2007Louisiana Tech
2008–2010LSU (asst.)
2010–2025Louisiana–Monroe
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2013Louisiana–Monroe (interim AD)
Head coaching record
Overall320–413 (.437)
Tournaments2–2 (NIT)
3–2 (CBI)
1–3 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • 2× Sun Belt Coach of the Year (1999, 2015)

Keith Gerard Richard (born January 10, 1960) is a former American college basketball coach. He coached at the University of Louisiana at Monroe and 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. 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 the active leader and 2nd all-time in Sun Belt Conference wins with 124.