Jerome Tang Fired at Kansas State: What Happened and What’s Next
Heartland College Sports: The Big 12 Sports Podcast
Pete Mundo
4.8 • 870 Ratings
🗓️ 16 February 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Kansas State has fired head coach Jerome Tang, bringing a sudden end to one of the most dramatic tenures in recent Big 12 basketball history.
Pete Mundo breaks down how Tang’s run at Kansas State started with massive momentum, why things unraveled, and what the Wildcats will be looking for next. Plus, what this move means for Kansas State’s place in the Big 12 and the coaching carousel ahead.
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| 0:00.0 | Jerome Tang has been fired. He is out as the Kansas State basketball coach, the Wildcats, |
| 0:08.1 | confirming that on Sunday night. We are coming to you with the breaking news right here on |
| 0:13.0 | Heartland College Sports. I'm Pete Mundo. Thanks for joining us. Make sure right now that you are |
| 0:17.6 | subscribed to the channel. We cover the Big 12. And my prediction on this was wrong simply because I didn't think Kansas State was going |
| 0:26.3 | to want to fork over this kind of dough to Jerome Tang, despite the fact that the season |
| 0:31.9 | has become an unmitigated disaster. |
| 0:35.7 | But Kansas State is going to fire Jerome Tang or try to for cause. |
| 0:43.1 | This is the breaking news that is coming down on Sunday night. |
| 0:46.8 | They don't want to pay the $18 million. |
| 0:49.0 | Now, I don't blame them, but I'm not convinced they can get away with this. |
| 0:55.9 | So here's what ESPN is reporting from Pete Thammel. |
| 1:00.0 | They have fired Tang for cause. |
| 1:02.5 | The basis for the firing for cause is language in his contract that references any activity that brings public embarrassment or ridicule to Kansas State? |
| 1:18.3 | That's a gray area. |
| 1:20.3 | I don't know if that line is in other contracts because what's embarrassment? |
| 1:26.4 | Is there something we don't know yet? |
| 1:29.4 | Is embarrassment 1 in 11 in the Big 12 this season? |
| 1:33.8 | Is it a 30-point loss to Cincinnati last week? |
| 1:36.7 | Is it the post-game press conference following the Cincinnati game last week, |
| 1:41.4 | where Tang goes off and says, you know, these guys don't |
| 1:44.3 | appreciate Kansas State. They don't want to be here. You know, we got the wrong guys, |
| 1:48.2 | all those things. Is that bringing embarrassment and public ridicule to Kansas State? I don't, |
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