Bio

Brian Richert was the coach of the Bryant & Stratton College’s Wisconsin men’s basketball program for two seasons (2016-17 & 2017-18). Richert was integral part in establishing the the program which began their inagural season in the fall of 2016.

A Wisconsin native, Richert compiled more than 25 years coaching experience at the collegiate and high school levels.  Richert was head men’s basketball coach at Milwaukee Area Technical College from 2000-03 where he was named NJCAA District 13 Coach of the Year. 

He went on to be the boys’ varsity head coach at St. John’s Northwestern Military Academy in Delafield, Wis., from 2003-2010. Richert holds the St. John’s coaching record for most career wins and most wins in a season. Then from 2010-15 as head basketball coach, Richert helped launch a post-high school graduate men’s basketball team, where Richert sent 33 players to Division I programs after St. John’s.

Additionally, Richert has coached basketball at Ripon College, Carroll College, Waukesha County Technical College and New Berlin West High School. 

Richert’s passion and knowledge of basketball comes naturally growing up around the game through his basketball family. His father, Gary Richert, coached basketball at St. John’s in the 1970s and at Saint Leo’s for eight years before returning back to St. John’s as the alumni director and head football coach.  Brian’s brother, Tim Richert, is the boy’s head basketball coach at Young Coggs Prep High School in Milwaukee leading them to a WIAA Division 5 state title in 2015.

Richert earned his bachelor’s degree in Sports Management at Saint Leo University in Saint Leo, Fla. as a student athlete playing basketball.  He was later named on the Saint Leo’s 1980s All-Decade Team. Richert earned a master’s in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. 

Richert and his wife, Kim, have three children, one grandchild and reside in Oconomowoc.