Detroit Mercy men’s basketball head coach Mark Montgomery finished his first Titan coaching staff with the appointment of Collyn Richardson as an Assistant Coach/Video Coordinator in May of 2024.
Richardson was with Toledo for six years, starting as a student manager and moving to head manager as a junior and then to the Rockets’ video coordinator in 2022-23.
“Collyn is an emerging bright coach that I am excited will be a part of our staff,” said Montgomery. “He has great experience with his time at Toledo as a manager and video coordinator and I look forward to seeing him grow as a young coach.”
With the Rockets, Richardson was apart of a team that made the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) three times. Toledo finished 20-12 overall last season and 14-4 in the MAC. During his six years at Toledo, the Rockets never had a losing season and qualified for the MAC Tournament each year.
His responsibilities included coordinating all video needs, managing social media accounts, directing the student manager program, and working with the student organization for men’s basketball.
During his time at Toledo, he also worked with Superfriendz, an Adidas sponsored non-profit, as a head coach and director, helping six kids receive a Division I scholarship, He worked with C2K – Committed 2 Kids as a coach, was the coach for the Ottawa Hills seventh-grade girls basketball squad, which won the TAAC regular-season and tournament title, and as a skills trainer for Grassroots Basketball Academy.
A Lansing, Michigan, native, Richardson lettered in basketball and track at Okemos High School and earned his degree in Business Administration from Toledo in 2024.
