Richey lettered two years at DeKalb County High School making All-County and All-District. At Snead State, he made the All-Southern basketball team twice. He received a scholarship to Jacksonville State, being named captain two years and was the squad’s leading scorer his junior year. He was a member of the team that defeated Alabama’s “Rocket Eight”. Later, Richey coached basketball at Sylvania and at Cherokee County High School in Centre. Richey was selected as one of the top 100 athletes of Jacksonville State’s first 100 years and was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 1991-92.
