Dr. Richards received his medical degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas in 1987. He completed his internship in general surgery and his orthopaedic residency training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee from 1987-1992. Dr. Richards completed his Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Fellowship at the Lipscomb Clinic at St. Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee from 1992-1993. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery and has Specialty CAQ Board Certification in Sports Medicine. Dr. Richards was a team physician for WKU for 17 years, and also served as WKU’s head team physician and Medical Director from 2011 to 2016.