Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Football
Richmond, Greg
Greg Richmond
- Title:
- Defensive Line
Seventh Year at OSU | 14th Year Overall
Oklahoma State, 2003
• Oklahoma State product Greg Richmond returned to his alma mater as a full-time coach in February of 2018. He shared the defensive line coaching duties from his return in 2018 through the 2021 season, and is now the only Cowboy defensive line coach after Joe Bob Clements moved to coach the OSU linebackers.
• OSU has produced a first-team All-Big 12 d-lineman in two of Richmond’s five years as the defensive line coach, including DE Jordan Brailford in 2018 and DE Brock Martin in 2021.
• Richmond’s 2022 defensive line helped the Cowboys ranked in the FBS-top 10 in tackles for loss per game for a third-straight season (No. 9 - 7.4), and produced All-Big 12 defensive ends Brock Martin and Collin Oliver.
• In 2021, Richmond’s defensive line helped OSU lead the nation and set the school record with 57 total sacks and finish No. 2 in the FBS with 114 tackles for loss. Collin Oliver was a freshman All-American who led finished No. 7 in the FBS and set an OSU freshman record with 11.5 sacks on the season.
• In a shortened 2020 season, Richmond’s defensive line unit helped the Cowboys rank No. 9 in the FBS with 8.1 tackles for loss per game and No. 16 with 3.0 sacks per game.
• Despite losing every starter from the previous season, the 2019 d-line had just one fewer tackle than in 2018. The group combined for 30 quarterback hurries and 12 pass break ups.
• True freshman Trace Ford led the team with nine quarterback hurries in 2019, which marked the second-highest total in school history. As a team, OSU had 47 quarterback hurries in 2019, a mark that ranked third in school history.
• With Richmond on staff, the OSU defense showed significant improvement from 2018 to 2019. In 2018, the Cowboys allowed an average of 32.5 points and 452.5 yards per game, but in 2019, those numbers improved to 26.8 points per game and 412.3 yards per game. Then in 2020, those numbers improved again to 23.5 points per game and 379.0 yards per game.
• In his first year as a coach at OSU in 2018, he teamed with Joe Bob Clements to coach the defensive line and the group performed well, leading the Big 12 and ranking 10th nationally in sacks and ranking No. 2 in the conference and 20th nationally in tackles for loss.
• Defensive end Jordan Brailford earned first-team All-Big 12 honors in 2018 after leading the league in sacks per game and ranking fifth in the conference in tackles for loss. Brailford finished 2018 with 16.0 tackles for loss, a mark that ranked third in a single-season for an Oklahoma State defensive lineman in the Mike Gundy era (2005-present).
• The Cowboys of 2018 had 39 sacks as a team, a mark that ranks sixth in school history. Of those 39 sacks, 26.5 came from defensive linemen. That total of 26.5 sacks ties for the second-most from a defensive line group at Oklahoma State since Mike Gundy took over as head coach in 2005.
• In addition to their work on the field, a trio of Oklahoma State defensive linemen earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors in 2018 with Richmond serving as their position coach.
• A standout at Oklahoma State during his playing days, Richmond was a four-year Cowboy letterman from 2000-03. A first-team All-Big 12 selection in 2003, Richmond remains on OSU’s single-season and career top-10 lists for quarterback sacks to this day.
• After graduation, Richmond signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Eagles, where he stayed until 2007.
• Immediately after his NFL career wrapped up, he returned to Stillwater to serve as an assistant director of strength and conditioning from 2007-08. Since then, he has held positions coaching defensive line at both the high school and college level.
• From 2015-17, he coached the defensive line at Fairmont State in West Virginia, where he helped the team to a three-year record of 24-9 and back-to-back eight-win seasons for the first time in more than 50 years.
• In 2017, Fairmont State led the Mountain East Conference and ranked No. 12 nationally by allowing only 15.6 points per game. The Falcons also led the league in total defense, defensive touchdowns, passes intercepted, pass efficiency defense and turnovers gained.
• Just prior to that 2017 campaign, he served as a minority coaching intern with the New York Giants, where he assisted with the defensive line.
• As a unit, Richmond’s defensive line ranked second in the league and 22nd in the country in sacks during the 2016 season – averaging over three sacks per game (3.08). The FSU defense also locked down on opposing rushing attacks, as the Falcons allowed just 95.5 yards per game on the ground and gave up just 15.1 points per game during the regular season.
• Richmond’s top pupil at Fairmont State was defensive end Quincy Redmon, who put together one of the most decorated seasons for a defensive lineman at FSU during the 2016 season. Redmon earned honorable mention All-America honors and was named the Mountain East Conference Defensive Player of the Year after racking up 52 tackles, 12 sacks, three fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles as a junior. For his efforts, Redmon was also a finalist for the Cliff Harris Award (honoring the top defensive player in small college football). Redmon became the first All-American defensive lineman at Fairmont State since David Hill in 2008.
• Richmond returned to Northeastern State to coach the defensive line and assist with strength & conditioning during the spring of 2015 before he moved on to Fairmont State for the 2015 season.
• In 2014, Richmond was the defensive line coach at Tahlequah High School after spending the 2012 and 2013 seasons working in the private sector away from football.
• In July 2010, Richmond coached the defensive line at his alma mater, OKC Douglass High School, before being hired as the defensive line coach at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, in August of 2010.
• Highlighting his three seasons at Northeastern State were a Lone Star North Conference Championship in 2010 and an appearance in the Mineral Water Bowl in 2011.
• During the summer of 2011, Richmond worked for the Minnesota Vikings as a minority coaching intern with the defensive line.
Personal
• Richmond graduated from Oklahoma State in December of 2003 with a degree in hotel and restaurant administration before getting his master’s in educational leadership from Langston University in 2012.
• He and his wife Jennifer have three sons, Jaylen, Jacoby and Jamar.
Year By Year
Post-Season Experience
2007 Insight Bowl
2008 Holiday Bowl
2011 Mineral Water Bowl
2018 Liberty Bowl
2019 Texas Bowl
2020 Cheez-It Bowl
2021 Fiesta Bowl
2022 Guaranteed Rate Bowl
Prominent Pupils
Jordan Brailford, Washington Football Team
Billy Blackard, Northeastern State
Quincy Redmon, Fairmont State
Oklahoma State, 2003
• Oklahoma State product Greg Richmond returned to his alma mater as a full-time coach in February of 2018. He shared the defensive line coaching duties from his return in 2018 through the 2021 season, and is now the only Cowboy defensive line coach after Joe Bob Clements moved to coach the OSU linebackers.
• OSU has produced a first-team All-Big 12 d-lineman in two of Richmond’s five years as the defensive line coach, including DE Jordan Brailford in 2018 and DE Brock Martin in 2021.
• Richmond’s 2022 defensive line helped the Cowboys ranked in the FBS-top 10 in tackles for loss per game for a third-straight season (No. 9 - 7.4), and produced All-Big 12 defensive ends Brock Martin and Collin Oliver.
• In 2021, Richmond’s defensive line helped OSU lead the nation and set the school record with 57 total sacks and finish No. 2 in the FBS with 114 tackles for loss. Collin Oliver was a freshman All-American who led finished No. 7 in the FBS and set an OSU freshman record with 11.5 sacks on the season.
• In a shortened 2020 season, Richmond’s defensive line unit helped the Cowboys rank No. 9 in the FBS with 8.1 tackles for loss per game and No. 16 with 3.0 sacks per game.
• Despite losing every starter from the previous season, the 2019 d-line had just one fewer tackle than in 2018. The group combined for 30 quarterback hurries and 12 pass break ups.
• True freshman Trace Ford led the team with nine quarterback hurries in 2019, which marked the second-highest total in school history. As a team, OSU had 47 quarterback hurries in 2019, a mark that ranked third in school history.
• With Richmond on staff, the OSU defense showed significant improvement from 2018 to 2019. In 2018, the Cowboys allowed an average of 32.5 points and 452.5 yards per game, but in 2019, those numbers improved to 26.8 points per game and 412.3 yards per game. Then in 2020, those numbers improved again to 23.5 points per game and 379.0 yards per game.
• In his first year as a coach at OSU in 2018, he teamed with Joe Bob Clements to coach the defensive line and the group performed well, leading the Big 12 and ranking 10th nationally in sacks and ranking No. 2 in the conference and 20th nationally in tackles for loss.
• Defensive end Jordan Brailford earned first-team All-Big 12 honors in 2018 after leading the league in sacks per game and ranking fifth in the conference in tackles for loss. Brailford finished 2018 with 16.0 tackles for loss, a mark that ranked third in a single-season for an Oklahoma State defensive lineman in the Mike Gundy era (2005-present).
• The Cowboys of 2018 had 39 sacks as a team, a mark that ranks sixth in school history. Of those 39 sacks, 26.5 came from defensive linemen. That total of 26.5 sacks ties for the second-most from a defensive line group at Oklahoma State since Mike Gundy took over as head coach in 2005.
• In addition to their work on the field, a trio of Oklahoma State defensive linemen earned first-team Academic All-Big 12 honors in 2018 with Richmond serving as their position coach.
• A standout at Oklahoma State during his playing days, Richmond was a four-year Cowboy letterman from 2000-03. A first-team All-Big 12 selection in 2003, Richmond remains on OSU’s single-season and career top-10 lists for quarterback sacks to this day.
• After graduation, Richmond signed as a free agent with the Philadelphia Eagles, where he stayed until 2007.
• Immediately after his NFL career wrapped up, he returned to Stillwater to serve as an assistant director of strength and conditioning from 2007-08. Since then, he has held positions coaching defensive line at both the high school and college level.
• From 2015-17, he coached the defensive line at Fairmont State in West Virginia, where he helped the team to a three-year record of 24-9 and back-to-back eight-win seasons for the first time in more than 50 years.
• In 2017, Fairmont State led the Mountain East Conference and ranked No. 12 nationally by allowing only 15.6 points per game. The Falcons also led the league in total defense, defensive touchdowns, passes intercepted, pass efficiency defense and turnovers gained.
• Just prior to that 2017 campaign, he served as a minority coaching intern with the New York Giants, where he assisted with the defensive line.
• As a unit, Richmond’s defensive line ranked second in the league and 22nd in the country in sacks during the 2016 season – averaging over three sacks per game (3.08). The FSU defense also locked down on opposing rushing attacks, as the Falcons allowed just 95.5 yards per game on the ground and gave up just 15.1 points per game during the regular season.
• Richmond’s top pupil at Fairmont State was defensive end Quincy Redmon, who put together one of the most decorated seasons for a defensive lineman at FSU during the 2016 season. Redmon earned honorable mention All-America honors and was named the Mountain East Conference Defensive Player of the Year after racking up 52 tackles, 12 sacks, three fumble recoveries and two forced fumbles as a junior. For his efforts, Redmon was also a finalist for the Cliff Harris Award (honoring the top defensive player in small college football). Redmon became the first All-American defensive lineman at Fairmont State since David Hill in 2008.
• Richmond returned to Northeastern State to coach the defensive line and assist with strength & conditioning during the spring of 2015 before he moved on to Fairmont State for the 2015 season.
• In 2014, Richmond was the defensive line coach at Tahlequah High School after spending the 2012 and 2013 seasons working in the private sector away from football.
• In July 2010, Richmond coached the defensive line at his alma mater, OKC Douglass High School, before being hired as the defensive line coach at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, in August of 2010.
• Highlighting his three seasons at Northeastern State were a Lone Star North Conference Championship in 2010 and an appearance in the Mineral Water Bowl in 2011.
• During the summer of 2011, Richmond worked for the Minnesota Vikings as a minority coaching intern with the defensive line.
Personal
• Richmond graduated from Oklahoma State in December of 2003 with a degree in hotel and restaurant administration before getting his master’s in educational leadership from Langston University in 2012.
• He and his wife Jennifer have three sons, Jaylen, Jacoby and Jamar.
Year By Year
| Year | School | Position |
| 2007-08 | Oklahoma State | Asst. Strength and Cond. |
| 2010 | Douglass HS | Defensive Line |
| 2010-12 | Northeastern State | Defensive Line |
| Summer, 2011 | Minnesota Vikings | Minority Coaching Intern |
| 2014 | Tahlequah HS | Defensive Line |
| Jan.-July 2015 | Northeastern State | Defensive Line/ |
| Strength & Conditioning | ||
| 2015-17 | Fairmont State | Defensive Line/ |
| Dir. of Player Development/ | ||
| Pro Liaison | ||
| Summer, 2017 | New York Giants | Minority Coaching Intern |
| 2018-present | Oklahoma State | Defensive Line |
Post-Season Experience
2007 Insight Bowl
2008 Holiday Bowl
2011 Mineral Water Bowl
2018 Liberty Bowl
2019 Texas Bowl
2020 Cheez-It Bowl
2021 Fiesta Bowl
2022 Guaranteed Rate Bowl
Prominent Pupils
Jordan Brailford, Washington Football Team
Billy Blackard, Northeastern State
Quincy Redmon, Fairmont State
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