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Biography
Keith Gerard Richard (born October 1, 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.
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.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Sun Belt Conference) (1998–2001) | |||||||||
| 1998–99 | Louisiana Tech | 19–9 | 10–4 | 1st | |||||
| 1999–00 | Louisiana Tech | 21–8 | 13–5 | 3rd | |||||
| 2000–01 | Louisiana Tech | 17–12 | 10–6 | T–2nd (East) | |||||
| Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (Western Athletic Conference) (2001–2007) | |||||||||
| 2001–02 | Louisiana Tech | 22–10 | 14–4 | 3rd | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 2002–03 | Louisiana Tech | 12–15 | 9–9 | T–6th | |||||
| 2003–04 | Louisiana Tech | 15–15 | 8–10 | 7th | |||||
| 2004–05 | Louisiana Tech | 14–15 | 9–9 | T–4th | |||||
| 2005–06 | Louisiana Tech | 20–13 | 11–5 | T–2nd | NIT 1st Round | ||||
| 2006–07 | Louisiana Tech | 10–20 | 7–9 | 7th | |||||
| Louisiana Tech: | 150–117 (.562) | 91–61 (.599) | |||||||
| Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks (Sun Belt Conference) (2010–present) | |||||||||
| 2010–11 | Louisiana–Monroe | 7–24 | 2–14 | 6th (West) | |||||
| 2011–12 | Louisiana–Monroe | 3–26 | 2–14 | 6th (West) | |||||
| 2012–13 | Louisiana–Monroe | 4–23 | 3–17 | 5th (West) | |||||
| 2013–14 | Louisiana–Monroe | 10–17 | 7–11 | 7th | |||||
| 2014–15 | Louisiana–Monroe | 24–14 | 14–6 | T–2nd | CBI Runner-up | ||||
| 2015–16 | Louisiana–Monroe | 20–14 | 15–5 | 2nd | CIT First Round | ||||
| 2016–17 | Louisiana–Monroe | 2–5 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Louisiana–Monroe: | 70–123 (.363) | 43–67 (.391) | |||||||
| Total: | 220–240 (.478) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion | |||||||||