N. Florida’s Driscoll signs up with Tang’s Kansas St. staff

May 22, 2025, 04:13 PM ET

MANHATTAN, Kan.– North Florida coach Matthew Driscoll resigned after 16 years with the Ospreys on Thursday and accepted a task as the associate head coach on Jerome Tang’s staff at Kansas State.The 60-year-old Driscoll and Tang have actually known each other for more than 20 years, investing 6 seasons together on Scott Drew’s staff at Baylor. Driscoll delegated become head coach at North Florida in 2009, and led the Ospreys to 3 Atlantic Sun regular-season titles, the NCAA Competition in 2015 and the NIT the following year.North Florida completed 15-17 last season.” Coach Driscoll is a tested program builder and a remarkable teacher of the game, “Tang said in a statement released by Kansas State. “His ability to establish players and execute top-level offensive systems is 2nd to none. “Driscoll also has actually been the head coach at the high school level and at La Roche, a Division III school in Pennsylvania, along with an assistant at Slippery Rock, Wyoming, Clemson and Valparaiso.” I understand some will question why I would leave being a head coach to become an assistant coach, however this was a no-brainer in every aspect for us,”Driscoll stated.”We all understand that work brings profit and if you have actually studied Coach Tang and his program, that’s what they do. My responsibility will be to continue to support, encourage and state upon this structure.”