Bob Richey (born March 22, 1983)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Furman Paladins
Current conference: Southern Conference (SoCon)
Furman record: 139-54 (.720)
Overall record: 139-54 (.720)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2023)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2019)
- SoCon Regular Season Champion: 1 (2023)
- SoCon Tournament Champion: 1 (2023)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2017-present | Furman |
| 2011-2017 | Furman (asst) |
| 2010-2011 | Charleston Southern (assoc. HC) |
| 2006-2010 | Charleston Southern (asst) |
Bob Richey Facts
- Robert McIntire Richey, Jr.
- Born March 22, 1983
- Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana
- Alma Mater: North Greenville University (BA, 2006)
- Attended Florence Christian School (SC), leading the team to a state title as a senior and earning Class 3A State POY honors
- Started coaching in 2006, assisting Barclay Radebaugh at Charleston Southern; promoted to associate head coach in 2010
- Left Charleston Southern for Greenville in 2011, joining Jeff Jackson‘s staff at Furman
- Stayed on after Jackson resigned in 2013, working with new head coach Niko Medved for the next four seasons
- Took over the Paladins as interim head coach for the team’s 2017 CIT Semifinal game after Medved took the job at Drake; had the interim tag removed in April, becoming the 22nd head coach in Furman’s program history
- Got Furman back to the postseason in 2019, earning a spot in the NIT
- In 2022-23, Richey and the Paladins won a share of the SoCon regular season title and won the SoCon Tournament to earn the program’s first NCAA Tournament bid since 1980; 13-seed Furman upset 4-seed Virginia in their opening game before falling in the Round of 32
- Along with his wife, Jessica, has one daughter and one son
Bob Richey Coaching Tree
- Dwight Perry (Wofford)
- Jimmie Williams (Anderson)
