Kareem Richardson
Kareem Richardson, 2026. | |
| Xavier Musketeers | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Conference | Big East Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | August 8, 1974 Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| High school | Rantoul Township (Rantoul, Illinois) |
| College |
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| Position | Point guard |
| Coaching career | 1997–present |
| Career history | |
Coaching | |
| 1997–1999 | Indianapolis (assistant) |
| 1999–2002 | Indiana State (assistant) |
| 2002–2003 | Wright State (assistant) |
| 2003–2007 | Evansville (assistant) |
| 2007–2008 | Kansas City (assistant) |
| 2008–2011 | Drake (assistant) |
| 2011–2012 | Xavier (assistant) |
| 2012–2013 | Louisville (assistant) |
| 2013–2019 | Kansas City |
| 2019–2021 | Indiana State (assistant) |
| 2021–2022 | Clemson (assistant) |
| 2022–2025 | NC State (assistant) |
| 2025–present | Xavier (assistant) |
| Career highlights | |
As assistant coach:
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Kareem Andre Richardson[1] (born August 8, 1974) is an American college basketball coach who is currently in his second stint as an assistant coach at Xavier University. He was formerly an assistant coach at Indianapolis, Indiana State, Wright State, Evansville, Kansas City, Drake, Louisville, Clemson, and NC State, as well as the head coach at Kansas City.
Career
Richardson played college basketball at East Carolina University and the University of Evansville, graduating as team captain from the latter in 1997.[2]
Following his playing career, he worked as an assistant coach for several different schools before accepting the head coaching position at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.[2] Richardson was fired as head coach of UMKC on March 17, 2019, after compiling a 75–118 record in six seasons.[3]
He was hired as an assistant coach at Clemson University on April 22, 2021.[4] In 2022 he joined Kevin Keatts's staff at North Carolina State University.[5]
On April 29, 2025, Richardson was hired as an assistant coach at Xavier University, joining new head coach Richard Pitino's inaugural staff.[6]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Kansas City (Western Athletic Conference) (2013–2019) | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | Kansas City | 10–20 | 7–9 | T–5th | |||||
| 2014–15 | Kansas City | 14–19 | 8–6 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2015–16 | Kansas City | 12–19 | 4–10 | T–6th | |||||
| 2016–17 | Kansas City | 18–17 | 8–6 | 4th | CBI Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2017–18 | Kansas City | 10–22 | 5–9 | T–6th | |||||
| 2018–19 | Kansas City | 11–21 | 6–10 | 6th | |||||
| Kansas City: | 75–118 (.389) | 38–50 (.432) | |||||||
| Total: | 75–118 (.389) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ Fiscal Year 2013 A-133 Audit Report and NCAA Agreed Upon Procedures Reports Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. University of Missouri System. p. 30.
- ^ a b Lintner, Jonathan. "Richardson Gets First Head Coaching Job". Evansville Courier & Press.
- ^ Lynch, Andrew (March 17, 2019). "UMKC fires basketball coach Kareem Richardson". Fox4. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ Keepfer, Scott (April 22, 2021). "Richardson joins Clemson basketball staff, assistants get new contracts". Greenville News. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
- ^ Carter, Matt (April 21, 2022). "Kareem Richardson Officially Hired as NC State Basketball Assistant". On3.com. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
- ^ Dermer, Shelby (April 29, 2025). "'Relentless Recruiter': Xavier Basketball Names Kareem Richardson as Assistant Coach". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved October 15, 2025.