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.