Keith Richard

For the musician, see Keith Richards.

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.

Keith Richard

Biographical details
Born	(1960-01-10) January 10, 1960 (age 65) 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.)
2010–2025	Louisiana–Monroe
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2013	Louisiana–Monroe (interim AD)
Head coaching record
Overall	320–413 (.437)
Tournaments	2–2 (NIT) 3–2 (CBI) 1–3 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Sun Belt regular season (1999)
Awards
2× Sun Belt Coach of the Year (1999, 2015)

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.^[1] As a senior on the Northeast Louisiana basketball team, Richard started 29 of 30 games and averaged 4.5 points per game.^[2] 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.^[3] Richard is the active leader and 2nd all-time in Sun Belt Conference wins with 124.^[4]

Coaching career

Louisiana Tech

Ricard was head coach of Louisiana Tech from 1998–2007, after being assistant coach there for the three previous seasons. He had a 150–117 record during his nine seasons there.

Louisiana–Monroe

In 2010, Richard was named head coach of Louisiana–Monroe. On December 20, 2024, Richard announced that he would retire from coaching at the end of the 2024–25 basketball season.^[5] His record at ULM was 170–296.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview

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 First 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 First Round
2006–07	Louisiana Tech	10–20	7–9	7th
Louisiana Tech:		150–117 (.562)	91–61 (.599)
Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks (Sun Belt Conference) (2010–2025)
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	9–24	2–16	12th
2017–18	Louisiana–Monroe	16–16	9–9	T–5th	CIT First Round
2018–19	Louisiana–Monroe	19–16	9–9	T–6th	CIT Second Round
2019–20	Louisiana–Monroe	9–20	5–15	T–11th
2020–21	Louisiana–Monroe	7–19	5–13	6th (West)
2021–22	Louisiana–Monroe	13–18	5–13	11th
2022–23	Louisiana–Monroe	11–21	7–11	10th
2023–24	Louisiana–Monroe	11–19	6–12	12th
2024–25	Louisiana–Monroe	7–25	3–15	T–13th
Louisiana–Monroe:		170–296 (.365)	94–180 (.343)
Total:		320–413 (.437)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion