University of Montevallo Athletics

Zac Richards enters his first season as the Falcons' head coach after spending the previous three at the helm of Huntingdon Men's Basketball were he posted a 48-32 overall record for a .600 winning percentage. His tenure in Montgomery featured back-to-back seasons of a .500 or better winning percentage for the first time since the 2006 season while adding a 22-7 season in 2024-25 for the program's first 20-win season since 2005. Richards led a total of 12 Huntingdon student-athletes to Collegiate Conference of the South All-Conference selections with five First Team All-Conference members while coaching the 2023-24 CCS Rookie of the Year BJ Brown and the 2025-26 6th Man of the Year Jeremy Autin. Richards career at Huntingdon is highlighted by the program's first CCS Tournament Championship and the Hawks' first  NCAA Div. III Tournament berth at the conclusion of the 2024-25 season. 

Prior to his tenure at Huntingdon, Richards spent ten seasons under Chris Graves at Birmingham-Southern College where he helped lead the Panthers to a pair of conference titles while adding a perfect 17-0 conference record, clinching the Southern Athletic Association regular season and tournament titles, and a trip to the Round of the 32 in the NCAA Tournament. In his time at BSC, Richards also sat at the helm of the Panthers JV program where he developed and implements offensive and defensive systems, recruited throughout the southeast and created advanced statistical analysis on opponents. Richards specialized in individual player development while also leading the Panthers' strength and conditioning program.

In his playing career, Richards played four seasons at Birmingham-Southern where he was named Academic All-American, Honorable Mention All-American, All-Region, All-District and All-Conference while also earning a career scoring mark of 1,041 points. During his time on the court, Richards led BSC to the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance while finishing his playing career with an overall record of 88-20, including all four seasons at 20 wins or more, and a home record of 54-2.
 
Richards earned his bachelor's degree in mathematics from BSC in May of 2013 after earning a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Alabama in Birmingham in 2012.