A three-time first-team all-conference selection in the Pac-10 (now the Pac-12), he set school career records for assists and three-point field goal percentage.

"[1] Recruited by head coach Walt Hazzard to play at the University of California, Los Angeles,[1] Richardson was a four-year starter for the Bruins from 1985 through 1989.

[7] The 6-foot-1-inch (1.85 m) point guard was taken by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the tenth overall pick of the 1989 NBA draft out of UCLA.

During the 1992 offseason, he was traded along with Sam Mitchell to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Chuck Person and Micheal Williams.

[8] Richardson became an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) coach in Coachella Valley, California, where he purchased a home during his time with Minnesota.