Colin Richey, a member of the Holy Cross men’s basketball staff has been promoted to assistant coach/director of operations head coach Dave Paulsen announced on Monday.
“I’m excited to announce this well-deserved promotion for Colin,” Paulsen said. “He has worked tirelessly and effectively at the often-thankless tasks of the operations position. When the NCAA allowed additional staff to coach and recruit Colin jumped in and performed important coaching and recruiting functions. He has a tremendous basketball mind and an excellent rapport with all of our players. I’m looking forward to seeing Colin’s continued growth as a coach and am grateful for the positive energy he brings to our program on a daily basis.”
Richey will enter his third season on the staff at Holy Cross in 2025-26. Before his promotion, his primary responsibilities included heavy involvement in recruiting efforts, summer clinics and day-to-day office duties, in addition to serving as the team’s travel and video coordinator.
Richey joined the Crusaders after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at Tufts University. During the 2022-2023 campaign, he helped lead the Jumbos to an overall record of 20-8 and a trip to the NCAA Tournament, where they advanced to the second round. Tufts previously went 13-10 in 2021-2022, while placing second in the New England Small College Athletic Conference with an 8-2 mark in league play.
Prior to joining the Jumbos, Richey was an assistant coach at Assumption College from 2019-2021. During the 2019-2020 season, he helped the Greyhounds to a mark of 14-12, good for their best overall record in five years.
Richey was previously an assistant at Nichols College in 2018-2019, when the Bison advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, won the Commonwealth Coast Conference championship and finished with a 28-3 record.
A 2018 graduate of St. Michael’s College, Richey was a four-year member of the men’s basketball squad. As a senior, he received the program’s Jerry Lanteri Award for exemplary contributions to the team.
