Jerome Tang
Jerome Tang (born October 7, 1966)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Kansas State Wildcats
Current conference: Big 12 Conference
Kansas State record: 45-25 (.643)
Overall record: 45-25 (.643)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (2023)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 1 (2023)
- NCAA Tournament Final Four: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2024)
- Big 12 Regular Season Champion: 0
- Big 12 Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- Naismith Coach of the Year: 1 (2023)
- Big 12 Coach of the Year: 1 (2023)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Kansas State |
| 2017-2022 | Baylor (assoc. HC) |
| 2003-2017 | Baylor (asst) |
Jerome Tang Facts
- Jerome Tang
- Born October 7, 1966
- Hometown: San Fernando, Trinidad / St. Croix, USVI
- Alma Mater: Charter Oak State College (BS, 2007)
- Born in San Fernando, Trinidad and migrated with his parents to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands until age 10 when the family moved to Texas
- Tang spent ten years (1993-2003) as the head coach and athletic director at Heritage Christian Academy (TX)
- Produced a number of Division I players, including eventual NBA Draft pick Von Wafer
- Joined Scott Drew‘s first staff at Baylor in 2003, embarking on one of the largest rebuilds in college basketball history
- Coached at Baylor for nineteen seasons, eventually becoming associate head coach in 2017
- Was part of ten NCAA Tournaments, three NITs, two Big 12 titles and the Bears’ 2021 National Championship
- Left Baylor in March 2022 to be the head coach of the Kansas State Wildcats
- In his first season, the Wildcats finished in 3rd in the league and Tang was named Big 12 COY and Naismith COY; led K-State to the NCAA Tournament and reached the Elite Eight as a 3-seed
Jerome Tang Coaching Tree
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