Teacher/Coach 20 Years (1954 – 1974)

• Glendale Elementary School (1954 – 1955)
• Joelton High School (1955 – 1959)
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Football

• Overton High School (1959 – 1965)
  • Basketball
  • Football
• Cumberland High School (1965 – 1970)
  • Football
  • Track

• Hillwood High School (1970 – 1974)
  • Football
  • Baseball

Associate Principal 13 Years (1973 – 1986)

• McGavock High School

Athletic Director 13 Years (1973 – 1986)

• McGavock High School

Athletic Director 5 Years (1986 – 1991)

• Metropolitan Nashville School System

• Played football at Union University in Jackson, TN
• Nashville Amateur Old Times Baseball Association First Outstanding Amateur (1960 – 1975)
• Nashville Orthopedic Association Sports Medicine Charles Hamilton Award—1992
• Tennessee Athletic Coaches Administration Coach of the Year—1984
• Coca-Cola Hall of Fame Administrator—1996
• Tennessee NCSSAD Region and State Athletic Director of the Year (1987 – 1988)
• THSAAA Distinguished Service Award (1992 – 1993)
• Region 6 Hall of Fame Football—1990
• Regional Hall of Fame Basketball—1992
• Downtown Optometrist Coach of the Year—1968
• Coach of the Year AAA Western—1970
• Coached fellow TSSAA Hall of Fame inductee Calvin Short (Joelton High School)
• Annual golf tournament held in conjunction with the Athletic Administrators Conference is named the “Richard Graves Memorial Golf Tournament” in his honor