Jerome Tang finalizes K-State basketball staff with Matthew Driscoll of North Florida
Kansas State men’s basketball coach Jerome Tang is hiring an old friend to serve as his new right-hand man at Bramlage Coliseum.
Matthew Driscoll, who worked alongside Tang for many years as an assistant at Baylor, has agreed to step down as the head coach at North Florida and become the associate head coach at K-State.
This move should finalize Tang’s coaching staff for the 2025-26 season. It could give the Wildcats a needed boost on the sideline as Driscoll will bring decades of experience with him to Manhattan.
“I am excited to welcome Matthew Driscoll to the K-State family as our new associate head coach,” Tang said in a statement. “Coach Driscoll is a proven program builder and an exceptional teacher of the game. His ability to develop players and implement high-level offensive systems is second to none.
“At North Florida, he not only became the winningest coach in ASUN history but also built one of the most dynamic and efficient offenses in the country, consistently ranking among national leaders in 3-point shooting and scoring. His basketball IQ and passion for teaching will bring tremendous value to our program and elevate our team on every level.”
This seemed like a potential move for the Wildcats after Tang hired Driscoll’s son, Chase, as the team’s director of video and analytics earlier this month.
It makes sense that Tang would want to reunite with Driscoll.
Driscoll’s relationship with Tang dates back more than 20 years, as the two coached alongside each other for six seasons (2003-09) at Baylor as original members of Scott Drew’s coaching staff. The pair were part of 81 wins at Baylor before Driscoll left to become a head coach at North Florida.
He helped pave the way for several other of Drew’s assistants to become prominent head coaches, including Tang at K-State.
Driscoll won 248 games at North Florida and led the Ospreys to three regular season conference championships in the Atlantic Sun.
“I know some will wonder why I would leave being a head coach to become an assistant coach, but this was a no-brainer in every aspect for us,” Driscoll said in a statement. “We all know that work brings profit and if you have studied Coach Tang and his program, that’s what they do. My responsibility will be to continue to nurture, encourage and expound upon this foundation with amazing energy, passion and a servant’s mentality.”
This story was originally published May 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM with the headline "Jerome Tang finalizes K-State basketball staff with Matthew Driscoll of North Florida."