By Ned Seaton K-State offered Jerome Tang the chance to coach out the rest of this basketball season and then resign with a negotiated payout at the end, but he turned down that offer and instead got fired for cause. Athletics director Gene Taylor confirmed to The Mercury Monday that when he met with Tang Sunday morning, he offered Tang a choice: coach the rest of the season and then resign, or else be terminated immediately for cause. If Tang chose the former, there would be some kind of financial package offered to him in lieu of a buyout, at…
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By Toby Hammes Kansas State has started its search for a new men’s basketball head coach following the firing of Jerome Tang on Sunday. Here are eight names to look out for over the next several weeks as athletics director Gene Taylor begins his hunt for the 26th K-State men’s basketball coach in school history. “One of the things that we’ll probably focus on is head coaching experience,” athletics director Gene Taylor said of the coaching search on Sunday. “What kind of program they’ve had and what kind of success they’ve had as a head coach. That doesn’t mean those…
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A Junction City woman was injured late Sunday night in a crash on the county line between Dickinson and Geary counties. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, 70-year-old Colleen Taylor was traveling northbound on Union Road, when her vehicle crossed the roadway, near North Dietrich and Kansas Highway 244. The vehicle then entered a ditch and collided with a line of trees. Taylor sustained serious injuries. The crash report indicated she was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. The Geary County Sheriff’s Office said Taylor was transported by Life Star helicopter to KU Medical Center.
By Ned Seaton and Tim Everson Kansas State on Sunday fired Jerome Tang, deciding to part ways with a basketball coach whose tenure began with enormous promise and ended with fans wearing bags on their heads. In doing so, K-State said the firing was “for cause,” claiming that Tang had violated the terms of his employment contract by publicly criticizing his players for lackluster effort in a home loss to Cincinnati. Such a tactic, if it stands, would allow K-State to avoid paying Tang an $18.7 million buyout that he would be due if the firing were based solely on…
A Manhattan man was arrested Saturday morning on multiple felony charges, including aggravated kidnapping, according to the Riley County Police Department. Tyrell Demond Harper, 29, was taken into custody at approximately 9:25 a.m. on Saturday near Applebee’s, located at 100 Manhattan Town Center. Harper was arrested on charges of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated domestic battery, theft of property or services, aggravated intimidation of a witness or victim, criminal damage to property, battery and endangering a child. According to arrest records, the aggravated domestic battery charge alleges choking a family member or person in a dating relationship in a rude manner. The…
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Kansas State men’s basketball struck first and showed early fight against No. 3 Houston on Saturday afternoon at Fertitta Center, but a decisive 33-4 Houston run spanning the end of the first half and start of the second proved too much to overcome in a 78-64 loss. “As a team, we’ve decided that we can either be the victims or the victors,” head coach Jerome Tang said. “We’re choosing to be the victors, and that’s the approach they have. They have a really positive mindset.” K-State (10-15, 1-11 Big 12) suffered its sixth straight loss overall, while Houston improved to…
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First-year Kansas State football coordinators Sean Gleeson and Jordan Peterson said the Wildcats looked toward the NFL for inspiration when it came to how to structure new head coach Collin Klein’s inaugural coaching staff. In the past, K-State’s coordinators have also been position coaches. Former defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman was the safeties coach for Chris Klieman, and offensive coordinators Matt Wells and Klein were in charge of the quarterbacks, while Conor Riley remained the offensive line coach after getting promoted to OC heading into the 2024-25 season. Bill Snyder’s various coaching staffs worked under a similar model. But Klein, along…