Alabama A&M College Director of Athletics, Dr. Paul A. Bryant, introduced Tuesday that girls’s basketball head coach Margaret Richards has stepped all the way down to pursue different alternatives.
“We’re grateful for the dedication and energy that Coach Richards has proven throughout her tenure with the Alabama A&M College ladies’s basketball program,” Bryant stated.
“Her dedication to our student-athletes has been unwavering, and we want her one of the best in her future endeavors.”
Throughout her eight seasons in Huntsville, Richards has compiled a 97-125 file, with six journeys to the SWAC Match. As well as, she compiled a 69-70 mark in convention play. In the course of the 2021-2022 season, Richards elevated this system to a second-place end within the convention, notching a program-best 13 convention wins.
This season, Richards’s squad gained 15 video games, together with going 10-4 on the AAMU Occasion Heart, and had non-conference victories over Tennessee Tech, UAH, North Alabama, South Carolina State, and Chicago State.
She coached All-SWAC Freshman of the 12 months Kaylah Turner and All-Second Group performer Amiah Simmons. Notably, Richards is the one coach in program historical past not solely to comb rival Alabama State but additionally to do it twice.
A nationwide search will start instantly, the varsity stated in an announcement.
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