Richmond men’s basketball announced that coach Chris Mooney will be stepping away from the team for the rest of the season as he recovers from heart surgery that he will undergo next week. Assistant coach Peter Thomas will step in as interim head coach while Mooney is away.
“I want to thank Richmond Athletics leadership, my coaching staff, and our players for doing everything they can to make a difficult situation a little bit easier,” Mooney said in a statement. “I’m grateful to have a tremendous medical team to rely on, and I’m thankful to have the opportunity to fully focus on my health for the next few weeks.”
Mooney’s recovery is expected to last between four and eight weeks, which takes him through the end of the season. Thomas graduated from Richmond and was the school’s director of basketball operations for five seasons. He spent nine years away from the program but returned as an assistant coach in 2022.
