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Coaching Staff
Head Coach Connie Richardson
CRichardson@otterbein.edu
614-823-3517 (office)
Connie Richardson begins her 19th season as head coach at Otterbein.
 Richardson,
a 1986 graduate of Heidelberg College, ranks as the winningest coach in women’s
basketball at Otterbein, compiling a 249-214 record over 18 seasons. Her teams
have posted winning records in 12 of the last 15 seasons.
Richardson is a two-time OAC Coach of the Year (2001 & 2005) and, in 2003-04,
led Otterbein to a school record 23 wins and advanced to the OAC Tournament
championship game for the first time in school history.
A
four-year starter at Heidelberg, Richardson led the OAC in scoring (20.1 ppg)
and rebounding (14.2 rpg) on her way to first team Kodak All-America honors her
senior season (1985-86). She earned honorable mention All-America honors her
junior year. The 5-10 forward collected first team all-conference honors twice
(1985-86); served as co-captain for three seasons (1984-1986); and was selected
“most valuable” by teammates in each of her four seasons.
Richardson spent three
seasons (1988-91) as a graduate assistant at Capital University and received her
master’s degree in Health and Physical Education from The Ohio State University
in December 1989. She currently teaches in the Department of Health and Sport
Sciences at Otterbein. In addition to her teaching and coaching duties, she is
the assistant to Athletics Director Dick Reynolds. Coach Richardson, her son,
Nick, 14, and daughter, Hannah, 11, live in Westerville.
Jeff Blunt
Jeff Blunt is
entering his second season as an assistant coach
at Otterbein College.
Blunt received his
bachelors of business
administration from the
University of Toledo
and his MBA from the
University of Kansas.
With over 25 years of
coaching experience, Blunt began his early
coaching career with coaching youth in both
basketball and softball. He served as head
travel basketball and softball coach as well as
league commissioner for various periods of time.
In addition, he worked at many summer basketball
camps.
Blunt has been very
active with AAU girls basketball from
2001-2008. During this time he coached many
high schools players that have since moved on to
be successful college basketball players. Blunt
also coached 4 seasons at New Albany High
School.
Coach Blunt and his
wife, Sandi, live in New Albany with their
children Danielle, Kristi, Tyler and Allison.
Andrea Hackett
Andrea Hackett begins her third season as a graduate assistant for Otterbein
College.
A native of
Springfield, Ohio, Hackett earned four letters playing basketball for Catholic
Central High School before becoming a four-year letter winner at Wittenberg
University. At Wittenberg, Hackett was a member of the Tigers team that
advanced to the
NCAA Division III Sweet 16 in the
2003-2004 season. She spent all four years at Wittenberg working
for her head basketball coach Pam Smith in the athletic office and has worked
various basketball camps and shootouts.
Hackett
graduated from Wittenberg in 2007 with a degree in Early Childhood Education and
Special Education. While at Otterbein, Hackett has taught various Health and
Sport Sciences courses as well as assisted with intramurals.
She will receive
her masters in Curriculum and Instruction this spring from Otterbein.
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