Within the aftermath of Kansas State‘s ugly 91-62 loss to Cincinnati this previous week, head coach Jerome Tang went on a now-viral rant the place he completely ripped his workforce to shreds and promised that a variety of them wouldn’t be again subsequent season.
Because it seems, he is not going to be again subsequent season, both. Or the remainder of this season.
In keeping with a number of reviews on Sunday night, including from Jeff Goodman, The Athletic and ESPN, Kansas State has fired Tang.
Kansas State fires head coach Jerome Tang simply days after media meltdown
Tang was furious following the house loss on Wednesday and didn’t maintain something again in criticizing his workforce, going as far to say they didn’t should put on the uniform.
“These dudes don’t should put on this uniform. There will probably be only a few of them in it subsequent yr,” Tang instructed reporters. “I’m embarrassed for the college, and I’m embarrassed for our followers, our pupil part. It’s simply ridiculous. We’ve obtained follow at 6 a.m. tomorrow morning, and we are going to get this factor proper. I’ve no reply and no phrases.”
In keeping with ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Tang is being fired with trigger because of a clause in his contract that references him doing something that brings “public disrepute, embarrassment, ridicule” to the college.
“I’m deeply disenchanted with the college’s determination and strongly disagree with the characterization of my termination,” Tang stated in an announcement offered to ESPN. “I’ve all the time acted with integrity and faithfully fulfilled my duties as head coach.”
His contract reportedly had a buyout of greater than $18M.
