| Title: | Head Coach |
| Email: | erichardson4@lssu.edu |
| Previous College: | Evansville (Ind.) '07 |
Richardson enters his first season as the head men's and women's swimming and diving coach at Lake Superior State University in 2024-25 as the first coach in the program's history.
Prior to arriving at LSSU Richardson spent the previous two seasons as the head swimming and diving coach at the University of Olivet after having served as an assistant at Olivet from 2019-22. At Olivet, he coached a four-time All-MIAA honoree as well as an NCAA Division III National Meet qualifier who set multiple school records under his leadership.
Prior to his time at Olivet, Richardson coached at Liberty High School and the Rockey Mountain Rapids club team in Colorado Springs, Colo. where his swimmers saw success in both the water and the classroom. More than a dozen school records were broken by the men's and women's teams. Richardson coached one All-American, five swimmers that achieved Junior National qualifying times, and a Liberty women's team that earned Academic All-State honors in six consecutive years.
Richardson graduated from the University of Evansville (Ind.) in Dec. 2007 where he was a member of the swimming and diving team from 2003-07.