Jerome Tang completed his 19-year stint at Baylor when he was hired as Kansas State's head coach on March 21, 2022. Tang came to Baylor as a member of Drew’s first staff in 2003, following 10 seasons as head coach at nationally recognized Heritage Christian Academy in Cleveland, Texas. He was integral in the Bears’ rise to national prominence, serving his first 14 seasons on staff as assistant coach before being promoted to associate head coach for the final five seasons.
The rebuild he started with Drew reached its completion in 2021, as they led Baylor to its first National Championship, defeating No. 1-ranked Gonzaga 86-70 in the national title game. The 2021 Bears also won their first Big 12 championship in the league’s 25-year history, which was the school’s first conference title in 71 years, and they followed that up by guiding an injury-depleted roster to a second-straight Big 12 title in 2022.   
Tang went a perfect 4-0 as interim head coach, winning the first two games of the 2012-13 Big 12 schedule at home against Texas and on the road at Texas Tech and the first two games of the 2020-21 national title season in Las Vegas against Louisiana-Lafayette and Washington.
Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors!
Built Bar
Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order.
FanDuel
Make Every Moment More. Don’t miss the chance to get your No Sweat First Bet up to ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS in Bonus Bets when you go FanDuel.com/LOCKEDON.
FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices