Current position | |
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Team | University of North Texas (Defensive Line coach) |
Conference | American Conference |
Biographical details | |
Born | July 15, 1981 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma |
Alma mater | Oklahoma State University |
Playing career | |
1999-2003 | Oklahoma State Cowboys |
2003-2004 | Philadelphia Eagles |
Position(s) | Linebacker |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2007-2008 | Oklahoma State Cowboys (Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning) |
2010 | Douglas High School, Oklahoma (Defensive Line) |
2010-2012 | Northeastern State University (Defensive Line) |
2014 | Talequah High School (Defensive Line) |
2015-2017 | Fairmont State University (Defensive line) |
2018-2022 | Oklahoma State Cowboys (Defensive line) |
2024 | Sam Houston Bearkats (Defensive line) |
2025- | North Texas Mean Green (Defensive line) |
Greg Richmond (born July 15, 1981) is an American former linebacker and defensive line coach previously at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. [1] He played college football at Oklahoma State University, graduating in 2003. [1] At Oklahoma State, he earned first team All-Big 12 honors as a senior, leading Oklahoma State to the 2003 Cotton Bowl. [2] [3] After graduation, he played for three years in the National Football League (NFL) as a linebacker signing as an undrafted free agent by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2004.
Richmond stayed with the Eagles until 2007, when he returned to his alma mater to begin his career in coaching as Oklahoma State's assistant director of strength & conditioning [2] followed by a stint at Douglas High School in Oklahoma.
From 2010-12, Richmond served as the defensive line coach at Northeastern State. In 2015, he returned to Northeastern State as the team's strength and conditioning coordinator and also coached the defensive line. [4] Afterwards, he went on to coach the defensive line at Talequah High School, and then the nationally ranked D2 Fairmont State University in West Virginia. [2]
In 2018, Richmond returned to Oklahoma State as a defensive line coach. [5] [6] He was removed from his "dream role" [7] in early 2024. [8]
He was the defensive ends coach at Sam Houston State University during the 2024 season [9] , and afterwards became the defensive ends coach at the University of North Texas in December 2024. [10]