Pat Gallagher head coach Andy Toole has announced the addition of New Castle, Pennsylvania native Anthony Richards as an assistant coach.
“I have known Anthony since he was in high school. He has always been an influencer of winning at every level as a player and now as a coach,” Toole said. “His enthusiasm and knowledge in motivating our student-athletes is at an extremely high level. We know he will be an influencer of winning here at Robert Morris and help our student-athletes reach their full potential.”
Richards spent last season at Sacred Heart, where he coached three Northeast Conference (NEC) players. In his lone season with the Pioneers, he helped lead them to their best NEC regular-season finish since 2020-21.
He spent the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons at Holy Cross. During his first year with the Crusaders, Richards served as director of basketball operations before being promoted to assistant coach in his second season.
Richards began his coaching career under Sean Miller at Arizona as a graduate assistant in 2018 before being promoted to Director of Student-Athlete Development in 2019. In his final two years at Arizona, Richards served as the program’s Senior Video Coordinator and liaison to the academic and compliance office.
As a player, Richards was a two-year starter and three-year award winner at Le Moyne. He scored 503 points and recorded 138 assists while leading the Dolphins to 59 wins, the 2018 Northeast-10 Conference championship and a trip to the 2018 NCAA Division II Elite 8.
Richards earned her bachelor’s degree in communications from Le Moyne in 2018 and her master’s degree in educational leadership and administration from Arizona in 2020.