Dot Richardson - Liberty University head softball coach on honoring the Lord and winning Olympic Gold in 1996

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Dot Richardson is the head softball coach at Liberty University. She was named to her position on July 17, 2013 and since then, has taken the Flames to three NCAA Regionals and six straight full seasons of 40 wins or more. In 2023, Liberty eliminated No. 2 UCLA and Grand Canyon to make a Regional Final for the third time in program history and set a school single-season record for wins over Top-25 teams (4).

Prior to coaching, Richardson was an elite softball player, starting in college at UCLA where she helped the Bruins to their first ever NCAA championship in 1982 and was named NCAA Player of the Decade in the 1980's. In 1996, she was a member Team USA that captured their first ever Olympic Gold Medal in softball. She repeated the effort four years later and won a second Gold medal in 2000. Today on the podcast, we talk to Dot Richardson about coaching at Liberty, impacting lives for the kingdom, honoring the Lord with her words and actions and being bold in her faith.

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