Bretton Richardson

Bretton Richardson is an American baseball coach and former catcher, who is the a current assistant coach for the Florida A&M Rattlers. He played college baseball at Florida A&M. Richardson then served as the head coach of the Florida A&M Rattlers (2011) and the Alcorn State Braves (2016–2021).

Bretton Richardson
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
TeamFlorida A&M
ConferenceSWAC
Playing career
1990–1993Florida A&M
Position(s)Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–1997Tallahassee (FL) Lincoln (asst)
1998–1999Florida A&M (GA)
2000–2010Florida A&M (asst)
2011Florida A&M (Interim HC)
2013–2015Florida A&M (asst)
2016–2021Alcorn State
2022–presentFlorida A&M (asst)
Head coaching record
Overall84–206
TournamentsMEAC 0–2
SWAC 3–8
NCAA: 0–0

Early life

Richardson attended Lincoln High School in Tallahassee, Florida. Richardson then accepted a scholarship to attend Florida A&M University. He caught for the Rattlers, who won the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) in 1990, 1991 & 1992.[1]

Coaching career

Richardson spent four seasons as an assistant baseball coach at Lincoln High School. In 1998, he joined the Florida A&M staff as a graduate assistant. In 2000, he was promoted to a full-time assistant for the Rattlers.

On May 17, 2010, Florida A&M fired head coach Robert Lucas and placed Richardson in charge of the day-to-day operations. On September 16, 2010, Richardson was named the interim head coach of the Florida A&M Rattlers.[2] He led the Rattlers to a 17–40 record and a return to the MEAC Tournament.

On August 19, 2015, Richardson was named the head baseball coach at Alcorn State University.[3]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Florida A&M Rattlers (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2011)
2011 Florida A&M 17–406–126thMEAC Tournament
Florida A&M: 17–406–12
Alcorn State Braves (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2016–2021)
2016 Alcorn State 16–3610–133rd (East)SWAC Tournament
2017 Alcorn State 12–337–174th (East)SWAC Tournament
2018 Alcorn State 13–397–175th (East)
2019 Alcorn State 14–317–164th (East)SWAC Tournament
2020 Alcorn State 5–73–3(East)Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Alcorn State 7–206–164th (East)SWAC Tournament
Alcorn State: 66–16640–82
Total:84–206

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Brett Richardson". www.famuathletics.com. Florida A&M University. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  2. "Richardson named interim head baseball coach". www.famuathletics.com. Florida A&M University. September 16, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
  3. Jordan Culver (August 19, 2015). "FAMU assistant Brett Richardson headed to Alcorn State". www.tallahassee.com. The USA Today Network. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
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