Macenzie Richards

  • In her second season as an assistant coach of the UIS volleyball program
  • A four-year letterwinner at North Carolina A&T from 2018-2021
  • In her collegiate career, recorded 300 kills, 231 digs, and 87 blocks
Macenzie Richards is in her second season as an assistant coach on the Prairie Stars volleyball team in 2023.

Richards come to UIS after being a collegiate volleyball player at North Carolina A&T the past four seasons. She helped the Aggies go 61-40 throughout her career, including 20-11 in 2021 with a second straight berth to the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. Richards played in 91 matches in her career, and recorded 300 kills, 231 digs, and 87 blocks. Her 2020 team won the MEAC Championship, and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division I Tournament in the school's first-ever appearance.
 
Richards has previous coaching staff experience at Pickerington Central High School and Beach South Volleyball Club. She has also worked at the North Carolina A&T Team High School Clinic and Mintonette Sports Clinics.
 
Richards graduated from North Carolina A&T in 2022 with a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice. She was named to the Big South Conference All-Academic team in 2021.