MOULTRIE, GA — Eugene Richardson had an outstanding career playing basketball at Moultrie High, Bethune-Cookman College and professionally in Europe. But he became a successful high school coach almost by accident.After playing in Finland, Holland and Belgium for seven years, Richardson returned to Florida determined to do what he had wanted do since he was a student at Bethune-Cookman several years before. Richardson wanted to use his degree in physical education and become a teacher.
And it was while teaching at Everglades Middle School in 1990 that he was asked to take over the boys basketball team there. In three years as the head coach at Everglades, the school won three middle school championships.
But when he was asked to become the head coach at Coconut Creek High School in 1995, he hesitated and asked his wife Mae about it.
“You’re always gone anyway,” Richardson remembers his wife saying. “You might as well.” And so began one of Florida’s finest high school boys basketball coaching careers.
“You’re always gone anyway,” Richardson remembers his wife saying. “You might as well.” And so began one of Florida’s finest high school boys basketball coaching careers.
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