American basketball and football coach (1931–2023)
Leo Richardson
Biographical details
Born
(1931-12-19)December 19, 1931 Gresham, South Carolina, U.S.
Died
July 23, 2023(2023-07-23) (aged 91) South Carolina, U.S.
Playing career
Football
c. 1953
Morris
Basketball
c. 1953
Morris
Position(s)
Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1961–1963
Morris
1964–1968
Savannah State
Basketball
1964–1971
Savannah State
1973–1978
Buffalo
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
SIAC Basketball Coach of the Year (1970) Savannah State University Sports Hall of Fame inductee (2010)
Leo Richardson (December 19, 1931 – July 23, 2023) was an American basketball and football coach. Richardson was the head basketball coach at Savannah State University from 1964 to 1971, and the University at Buffalo from 1973 to 1978.[1][2] He compiled an overall basketball coaching record of 146–176. Richardson led the Savannah State basketball team to a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference conference tournament title in 1970, for which he was named coach of the year.[3] He was the University at Buffalo's first African American head basketball coach. He also served as the head football coach at Savannah State from 1964 to 1968, compiling a record of 13–25–2. Richardson was elected to the Savannah State University Sports Hall of Fame in 2010.[4][5]
Richardson was born in Gresham, South Carolina and attended elementary and high school in Loris, South Carolina. He played football and basketball at Morris College in Sumter, South Carolina before graduating in 1954. Richardson then coached football and basketball at A. L. Corbett High School in Wagener, South Carolina. Richardson earned a master's degree from the Tuskegee Institute—now known as Tuskegee University—in 1961.[6][7] Richardson died in South Carolina on July 23, 2023, at the age of 91.[8]
^"State Univ. Of N. Y. Names Black Basketball Coach". Johnson Publishing Company. Jet. June 7, 1973. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
^"South Carolina General Assembly Bill 4337". June 17, 1997. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
^"Savannah State Wins SIAC Cage Tourney". Johnson Publishing Company. Jet. March 19, 1970. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
^"Hall of Fame — Savannah State Athletics — Dr. Leo Richardson". Savannah State University. Archived from the original on February 24, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
^"Hall of Fame — Savannah State Athletics". Savannah State University. Archived from the original on February 24, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
^"Richardson To Coach Morris College Team". The Item. Sumter, South Carolina. August 7, 1961. p. 8. Retrieved October 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^"Leo Richardson Lands Savannah State Post". Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. April 18, 1964. p. 14. Retrieved October 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^Bambini, Cole (July 25, 2023). "Former UB men's basketball coach Leo Richardson dies; was program's first Black head coach". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on July 26, 2023. Retrieved July 26, 2023.
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