Jerome Tang fired as Kansas State basketball coach, per reports
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Jerome Tang is out as coach at Kansas State, according to multiple reports on Sunday, Feb. 15.
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The Wildcats are 10-15 this season with a 1-11 record in Big 12 play, which comes a season after final records of 16-17 in 2024-25 and 19-15 in 2023-24.
The decision comes days after Tang's scorched-earth news conference following Kansas State's 91-62 home loss to Cincinnati, where Wildcats fans were wearing paper bags over their heads. Tang said his players didn't deserve to wear the school's uniforms after the performance.
"This was embarrassing," Tang said. "These dudes do not deserve to wear this uniform, and there will be very few of them in it next year. I'm embarrassed for the university, I'm embarrassed for our fans, and our student section. It's just ridiculous."
Kansas State is coming off a 78-64 loss to Houston, in which its players had their names removed from their jerseys for the game.
The former longtime Baylor assistant led Kansas State to the Elite Eight in his first year with the program in 2022-23 before eventually falling to national runner-up Florida Atlantic. The fall from grace was fast after reaching impressive heights as a first-year head coach.
Kansas State has three Elite Eight appearances since 2010 under three different coaches — Tang (2023) Bruce Weber (2018) and Frank Martin (2010). The school has produced numerous high-level coaches throughout the years, including Lon Kruger, Dana Altman and Bob Huggins, to name a few.
Jerome Tang buyout
Tang's buyout is set at $18.675 million, according to the USA TODAY Sports head coaches salaries database.
The Field of 68's Jeff Goodman reported on Feb. 15 Tang and Kansas State are talking through the terms of the buyout, which could change the final sum.
Multiple reports claimed K-State fired Tang "for cause", which would affect the conditions of the buyout.
Tang had five years remaining on his contract.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Kansas State basketball fires coach Jerome Tang amidst brutal season