Mike Richey returned to App State as Senior Associate Athletics Director for Development in March 2024.
 
Richey, who holds a master’s degree from App State, spent the previous 24 years in various roles within Mississippi State’s athletic department.
   
At Mississippi State, Richey most recently served as Executive Director of Principal Giving. In that role, he oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Bulldog Club and the MSU Athletic Ticket Office, while also serving as the sport administrator for the Bulldogs’ softball program.  
  
Richey oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Bulldog Club’s annual fund drive and scholarship seating program from 2006-24, growing in title from Associate AD to Senior Associate AD to Executive Senior Associate AD to Executive Director.
 
He joined Mississippi State as an Assistant AD for Special Projects and Marketing in 2000.
 
Richey’s early years in college athletics included stints at Oklahoma State as an athletic development coordinator from 1995-97 and at James Madison as Director of Annual Giving for the JMU Duke Club from 1997-99 and Director of the Madison Fund, the university’s annual giving program, from 1999-2000.

The Sterling, Va., native has a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UNC Charlotte (’92) and a master’s degree in physical education (sport management concentration) from App State (’95). He and his wife, Katy, have three sons - Bryan, Calvin and AJ - and one daughter - Anna.