Bretton Richardson
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| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant coach |
| Team | Florida A&M |
| Conference | SWAC |
| Playing career | |
| 1990–1993 | Florida A&M |
| Position | Catcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1994–1997 | Tallahassee (FL) Lincoln (asst) |
| 1998–1999 | Florida A&M (GA) |
| 2000–2010 | Florida A&M (asst) |
| 2011 | Florida A&M (Interim HC) |
| 2013–2015 | Florida A&M (asst) |
| 2016–2021 | Alcorn State |
| 2022–present | Florida A&M (asst) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 84–206 |
| Tournaments | MEAC 0–2 SWAC 3–8 NCAA: 0–0 |
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).
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]