Kyle Richardson

• Formally named as passing game coordinator and tight ends coach on Dec. 14, 2021 prior to Clemson’s win over Iowa State in the 2021 Cheez-It Bowl. Added the title of co-offensive coordinator in 2025.

• Though entering his fourth full season in an on-field role at Clemson, 2025 will represent his 10th season on Clemson’s staff.

• In his first three full seasons, he produced three consecutive years in which Clemson’s tight ends combined to catch 60 or more passes, a first in school history.

• Spent three seasons coaching Jake Briningstool, who exited Clemson holding school records for career receptions (127) and career 100-yard receiving games (three).

• Helped Briningstool conclude his college career ranked sixth in career receiving touchdowns (17) and seventh in career receptions (127) among all tight ends in ACC history.

• In 2024, Briningstool earned a third-team All-ACC selection for his seven-touchdown season, becoming the fifth tight end in school history to become a multi-time All-ACC selection.

• Led Briningstool to a career year and an All-ACC selection in 2023, as Briningstool’s 50 receptions tied the single-season school record for receptions by a tight end set by Dwayne Allen in 2011. Briningstool’s career-high 498 receiving yards finished two yards shy of being the first 500-yard season by a Clemson tight end since Jordan Leggett in 2016.

• In 2023, Briningstool set Clemson single-game records for a tight end in receiving yards vs. Miami (126) and receptions vs. Kentucky (record-tying nine). Three of Clemson’s top four single-game receiving yardage totals by the tight ends unit under Dabo Swinney came in the final seven games of 2023.

• In his first full season as Clemson’s passing game coordinator and tight ends coach in 2022, helped his tight ends group record 67 catches, 748 yards and 10 touchdowns. The 67 catches were the unit’s most under Dabo Swinney, and its 10 touchdowns matched its unit-high mark from the 2011 and 2012 seasons.

• Helped Davis Allen post career highs in receptions (39), receiving yards (443) and touchdowns (five) in 2022 en route to third-team All-ACC honors while Jake Briningstool accrued 285 yards and four touchdowns on 25 receptions.

• Guided Allen and Briningstool as Clemson became one of eight FBS teams — and one of only five in the Power Five — to have multiple tight ends catch at least four touchdown passes in 2022.

• Was a key off-field contributor to Clemson’s offensive success in support staff roles during the 2016-21 seasons. Clemson was one of only three teams in the country with at least 16,000 cumulative rushing yards and at least 23,000 total passing yards across those six seasons.

• During his six years on the support staff, helped serve as an additional resource to then-Quarterbacks Coach Brandon Streeter, as the corps produced Heisman Trophy finalists Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence.

• Part of support staff during Lawrence’s career 34-2 record as a starter, as the eventual No. 1 pick became the winningest quarterback in Tiger history and posted the third-best winning percentage (.944) by a starting quarterback with at least 30 career starts since Division I split in 1978, trailing only Ken Dorsey (.950) and Matt Leinart (.949).

• Served in both football and administrative support roles in 2020 when he was Director of Player Development & Freshman Transition.

• Prior to coming to Clemson, was one of South Carolina’s most successful high school coaches during his tenure at Northwestern High School in Rock Hill, S.C.

• As head coach from 2011-15, led the Trojans to a 58-13 (.817) record, including four region championships, three state title game appearances and state championships in both 2013 and 2015.

• Led a Northwestern program that produced NFL quarterback Mason Rudolph, NFL wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson, former Clemson defensive end Logan Rudolph and former Tennessee quarterback Justin Worley. Also coached NFL tight end Jared Cook during his time at North Gwinnett (Ga.) High School.

• Helped Northwestern to a record of 107-24 (.817) with eight Region III championships and three state championships in his nine total seasons with the program from 2007-15, including his time as offensive coordinator (2007-10) and head coach (2011-15).

• Part of two undefeated seasons at Northwestern, including a 15-0 year as offensive coordinator in 2010 and a 15-0 campaign as head coach in 2013.

• Inducted into the York County Sports Hall of Fame in 2019 and earned induction in his hometown Belmont Sports Hall of Fame in 2024.

• Earned his undergraduate degree from Appalachian State in 2001 and has two master’s degrees, including a 2020 master’s degree in athletic leadership from Clemson.

• Began his coaching career with assisstant coaching positions at Lee County High School in Sanford, N.C., Avery County High School in Newland, N.C. and North Gwinnett High School in Georgia.

• Said Head Coach Dabo Swinney upon Richardson’s promotion to tight ends coach: “Kyle was one of the best high school coaches in the entire Southeast… He has got a great acumen for football. He brings great leadership ability from being a head coach for a long time.”