Researching Keith Richard
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The name Keith means "forest" and is of Scottish origin.
Records of Keith Richard on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Keith Richard and the Richard Family Tree
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Keith Richard (basketball)
Keith Gerard Richard (born October 1, 1960) is an American college basketball coach. He is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe and a former head men's basketball coach at Louisiana Tech University.
Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Richard earned a B.A. in business (1982) and M.A. in counseling (1986) from Northeast Louisiana University, now the University of Louisiana at Monroe. As a senior on the Northeast Louisiana basketball team, Richard started 29 of 30 games and averaged 4.5 points per game. Richard was on the Northeast Louisiana teams that won the Trans American Athletic Conference regular season titles in 1979, 1980, and 1982 and conference tournament in 1982.
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