Meg Richardson enters her second season as an Assistant Coach for the Williams College women's soccer team in 2023.

During her first season with the Ephs in 2022, the team advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division III Tournament and compiled an overall record of 11-5-3 and a NESCAC mark of 7-2-1. 

The Adams, Massachusetts, native earned a Master of Science in Psychology, with a concentration in athletic counseling, from Springfield College in May 2022. Through her program, she provided sport-performance counseling and workshops with the student-athletes at Springfield and youth sport organizations in the area.

She completed a master's thesis titled “Feminist Beliefs of College Coaches” which evaluated how collegiate coaches of women’s sports approach the profession through a feminist-therapy perspective. She also served as the Disability and Accessibility Graduate Associate at Springfield, where she provided academic coaching and support to students with disabilities.

Prior to her arrival at Springfield, Richardson was a standout goalkeeper for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts women's soccer team. Over her four years at MCLA, Richardson amassed 596 career saves (second most all-time in program history), with a .828 save percentage and 1.91 goals-against average.

In 2019, Richardson was named to the United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American All-East Region Third Team. Richardson was also a four-time All-MASCAC First Team selection, two-time MASCAC Defensive Player of the Year, four-time MASCAC All-Academic Team member, two-time MCLA Sports Woman of the Year (Sue Getchell award), two-time MCLA Women’s Soccer Team MVP and MCLA Female Underclassman Athlete of the Year in 2017. Richardson holds two Bachelor of Science degrees from MCLA in Mathematics and Secondary Education, with minors in history and psychology, earned in May 2020.

Through the United Soccer Coaches Association, Richardson possesses the National Diploma, Level 1-3 Goalkeeper Diplomas, 11v11 Diploma, Level 2 Diploma, and the LGBT: Diversity and Inclusion Certificate. Richardson has eight years of experience coaching at the youth and club level, and specialized goalkeeper coaching experience.

Richardson was also a recipient of the NCAA Women’s Enhancement Scholarship, which is a postgraduate scholarship awarded annually to 13 females across all sports and divisions, who have aspirations to work in intercollegiate athletics. She attended the NCAA Career in Sports Forum in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 2019.