Richardson joined Farney in 1988 after a three-year stint at Canyon High School in Canyon, TX. Her junior varsity teams have won eleven district titles, one co-championship, second three times, and third twice. The team won three tournaments, won district with a record of 13-1, and had an overall record of 25-3 in 2005-06.

Richardson played basketball and ran track for Pampa High School. In 1980, she accepted a scholarship to play basketball at Amarillo Junior College, finishing her career at Texas Tech University in 1984. She was a student assistant for the Lady Raiders in 1985 and graduated with a BS in Health and Physical Education. Richardson takes great pride in teaching the fundamentals of the game. In 1992, 1993, and 1995, Georgetown won the TABC award for best three-point shooting percentage in the state. In 1998, the varsity team won the TABC free throw shooting award.

After the 1991 season, she was selected to assist in the coaching of the TABC All-Star game, and the following summer she was named the sub-varsity chair. She served on the TGCA board of directors for two years. In 1999 she was named the National Federation Interscholastic Coaches Association assistant coach of the year for Texas and nationally. In 2003-04, she was named assistant coach of the year by TABC.

Richardson became the head girls cross country coach in 1993. Since then, her teams have won ten district championships, made 12 regional appearances as well as nine state appearances, finishing second in 1992 and 1993, third in 1996, sixth in 1991, 1994, 1997, 1999, and 2002, eighth in 1998, and seventh in 2003 at the state cross country championships. In 2004 and 2005, her team was runnerup at district and finished fourth at regional.