Shane Richardson (American football)
American football player and coach
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Shane Richardson is an American college football coach and former player. He was last the head football coach for Northern Michigan University, a position he had held since 2023.
1996–2000Northern Michigan
PositionLinebacker
2001Iron Mountain (MI) HS (S&C)
2002Northern Michigan (LB)
| Playing career | |
|---|---|
| 1996–2000 | Northern Michigan |
| Position | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2001 | Iron Mountain (MI) HS (S&C) |
| 2002 | Northern Michigan (LB) |
| 2003 | Jamestown (LB) |
| 2004 | North Dakota State (DB) |
| 2005 | UNC Pembroke (LB) |
| 2006–2013 | UNC Pembroke (DC/LB) |
| 2014–2022 | UNC Pembroke |
| 2023–2025 | Northern Michigan |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 39–73 |
| Tournaments | 1–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
He previously served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke from 2014 to 2022. He was hired as head coach of the Braves on February 21, 2014.[1] His contract was not renewed following the 2022 season.[2]
Richardson joined NMU in 2023. After two winless seasons and a 1–6 start to 2025, Richardson was placed on administrative leave on November 3. He resigned four days later.[3]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNC Pembroke Braves (NCAA Division II independent) (2014–2019) | |||||||||
| 2014 | UNC Pembroke | 2–8 | |||||||
| 2015 | UNC Pembroke | 6–4 | |||||||
| 2016 | UNC Pembroke | 10–2 | L NCAA Division II Second Round | ||||||
| 2017 | UNC Pembroke | 2–8 | |||||||
| 2018 | UNC Pembroke | 2–8 | |||||||
| 2019 | UNC Pembroke | 4–7 | |||||||
| UNC Pembroke Braves (Mountain East Conference) (2020–2022) | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | UNC Pembroke[a] | 2–2 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2021 | UNC Pembroke | 6–5 | 6–4 | T–4th | |||||
| 2022 | UNC Pembroke | 5–6 | 5–5 | 8th | |||||
| UNC Pembroke: | 39–50 | 13–11 | |||||||
| Northern Michigan Wildcats (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2023–2025) | |||||||||
| 2023 | Northern Michigan | 0–11 | 0–6 | 7th | |||||
| 2024 | Northern Michigan | 0–11 | 0–7 | 8th | |||||
| 2025 | Northern Michigan | 1–6[b] | 1–4 | ||||||
| Northern Michigan: | 1–29 | 0–12 | |||||||
| Total: | 39–73 | ||||||||
Notes
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NCAA canceled all Division II championships in fall sports for 2020. Unlike Division I, those championships were not moved to spring 2021. Most D-II members had chosen not to play fall sports in calendar 2020.
- Richardson resigned from Northern Michigan after seven weeks.
