as a board chair for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Softball Ministry, where her husband Bob Pinto is the national director. Coaching career Richardson was named as the head softball coach at Liberty University on July 17, 2013. The Flames have shown improvement in each of Richardson's first five seasons. After an 11–46 record her first season in 2014, Liberty won 29 games in 2015. Richardson then posted her first winning record in 2016 and followed that year with two straight regular season Big South titles in 2017 and 2018 with 45+ wins in both seasons, winning the Big South conference tournament in 2018 and receiving a regional automatic qualifying spot to play at South Carolina. Richardson also coached the Flames to the NISC postseason tournament title in 2017. Awards Richardson is the recipient of the 1998 Sports Legends Award, the 1997 Babe Zaharias Award (Female Athlete of the Year), the 1996 Amateur Athletic Foundation Athlete of the Year, inducted into the UCLA Hall of Fame in 1996, Nuprin Comeback of the Year Award in 1990, four-time Sullivan Award nominee and inducted into the Florida State Hall of Fame in 1999. Her college honors include NCAA Player of the Decade (1980s), three-time NCAA All-American, two-time AIAW All-American, three-time UCLA MVP and 1983 All University Award at UCLA. She was named MVP in the Women's Major Fast Pitch National Championship four times. She is an inductee of the National Softball Hall of Fame. Statistics UCLA Bruins Team USA Head coaching record References http://www.liberty.edu/flames/index.cfm?PID=36961&teamID=2&CFID=3157509&CFTOKEN=70025606 External links 1961 births Living people American softball coaches American orthopedic surgeons American sports physicians UCLA Bruins softball players Liberty Lady Flames softball coaches Olympic softball players of the United States Olympic gold medalists for the United States in softball Softball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Softball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Colonial High School alumni Adelphi University alumni Western Illinois University alumni University of Louisville School of Medicine alumni University of Southern California alumni Sportspeople from Orlando, Florida Softball players from Florida