K-State’s Tang indications brand-new deal through 2029-30

Jeff Borzello, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 25, 2023, 05:42 PM ET

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• Graduate of University of Delaware.Kansas State males’s basketball coach Jerome Tang, who assisted the Wildcats to the Elite 8 in his debut season, has actually signed a new seven-year contract through the 2029-30 season, the school revealed Monday.Tang will earn$3 million this season and receive a$100,000 boost each year up until 2029-30, when he will earn $3.6 million.”My household and I might not be more excited about the future with this commitment … as the staff and

  I continue to raise this program to even greater heights,” Tang said in a statement.” I say it all the time and I genuinely imply it, we’re lucky every day to be at such a special location.”I said before I didn’t come here to reconstruct however to raise, and the work has already begun. In 2015’s success was simply the start. The staff and I are thrilled about what’s ahead for this team as we begin practice.”Kansas State was chosen to complete last in the Huge 12 preseason poll last season, however Tang led the Wildcats to a third-place surface. They opened the season with 15 wins in their first 16 games, including back-to-back road wins over Texas and Baylor in early January. Kansas State also knocked off Kansas in overtime in mid-January. The Wildcats went into the NCAA tournament with a 3-seed, beating Montana State, Kentucky

  and Michigan State prior to being up to Florida Atlantic in the Elite Eight.”What Coach Tang and his staff did in their very first year here was extraordinary,”athletic director Gene Taylor stated.”The run to the Elite 8 was exceptional, however what separates Coach Tang is his pure love of his players and the relationships that he builds with everyone that he encounters. His ability to connect with players, personnel, hires, trainees and fans is unique, and he is the best fit for Kansas State.”Under the new offer, Tang would owe the school$6 million if he were to leave for another job after this season, which number drops by $1 million each spring. If Kansas State were to end Tang’s agreement without cause before April 30, 2025, it would owe him north of$15 million. That number drops by around$2.5 million each spring.Kansas State opens the 2023-24 season versus USC in Las Vegas on Nov. 6.