Bretton Richardson is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is the a current assistant coach for the Florida A&M Rattlers. He played college baseball at Florida A&M. Richardson then served as the head coach of the Florida A&M Rattlers (2011) and the Alcorn State Braves (2016–2021).
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Florida A&M |
| Conference | SWAC |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1993 | Florida A&M |
| Position(s) | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1994–1997 | Tallahassee (FL) Lincoln (asst) |
| 1998–1999 | Florida A&M (GA) |
| 2000–2010 | Florida A&M (asst) |
| 2011 | Florida A&M (Interim HC) |
| 2013–2015 | Florida A&M (asst) |
| 2016–2021 | Alcorn State |
| 2022–present | Florida A&M (asst) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 84–206 |
| Tournaments | MEAC 0–2 SWAC 3–8 NCAA: 0–0 |
Early life edit
Richardson attended Lincoln High School in Tallahassee, Florida. Richardson then accepted a scholarship to attend Florida A&M University. He caught for the Rattlers, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in 1990, 1991 & 1992.[1]
Coaching career edit
Richardson spent four seasons as an assistant baseball coach at Lincoln High School. In 1998, he joined the Florida A&M staff as a graduate assistant. In 2000, he was promoted to a full-time assistant for the Rattlers.
On May 17, 2010, Florida A&M fired head coach Robert Lucas and placed Richardson in charge of the day-to-day operations. On September 16, 2010, Richardson was named the interim head coach of the Florida A&M Rattlers.[2] He led the Rattlers to a 17–40 record and a return to the MEAC Tournament.
On August 19, 2015, Richardson was named the head baseball coach at Alcorn State University.[3]
Head coaching record edit
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida A&M Rattlers (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2011) | |||||||||
| 2011 | Florida A&M | 17–40 | 6–12 | 6th | MEAC Tournament | ||||
| Florida A&M: | 17–40 | 6–12 | |||||||
| Alcorn State Braves (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2016–2021) | |||||||||
| 2016 | Alcorn State | 16–36 | 10–13 | 3rd (East) | SWAC Tournament | ||||
| 2017 | Alcorn State | 12–33 | 7–17 | 4th (East) | SWAC Tournament | ||||
| 2018 | Alcorn State | 13–39 | 7–17 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 2019 | Alcorn State | 14–31 | 7–16 | 4th (East) | SWAC Tournament | ||||
| 2020 | Alcorn State | 5–7 | 3–3 | (East) | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||
| 2021 | Alcorn State | 7–20 | 6–16 | 4th (East) | SWAC Tournament | ||||
| Alcorn State: | 66–166 | 40–82 | |||||||
| Total: | 84–206 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References edit
- ^ "Brett Richardson". www.famuathletics.com. Florida A&M University. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ "Richardson named interim head baseball coach". www.famuathletics.com. Florida A&M University. September 16, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ Jordan Culver (August 19, 2015). "FAMU assistant Brett Richardson headed to Alcorn State". www.tallahassee.com. The USA Today Network. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
External links edit
- Bretton Richardson at The Baseball Cube
- Florida A&M Rattlers bio
- Alcorn State Braves bio