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 Jerome Tang
Jerome Tang
Position:
Assistant Coach
Experience:
9th season
Alma Mater:
Charter Oak State, 2007
THE TANG FILE
JEROME TANG
Born Oct. 7, 1966
College Charter Oak State, 2007
Family wife: Careylynn; son Seven, daughter Aylyn
COACHING EXPERIENCE
Year School, Position
2003-Present Baylor, assistant coach
1993-2003 Heritage Christian Academy, head coach
POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE
2007-08 NCAA, first round
2008-09 NIT, finals
2009-10 NCAA, Elite Eight

Jerome Tang is in his ninth year as an assistant at Baylor, following 10 seasons as head coach at nationally recognized Heritage Christian Academy in Cleveland, Texas.

As a member of Scott Drew's staff, Tang has helped put together five consensus top-25 recruiting classes, including 2010 (Perry Jones III) and 2011 (Quincy Miller and Deuce Bello).

Baylor made history once again during the 2009-10 season, winning a school-record 28 games and tying for second in the Big 12 Conference standings with an 11-5 record. The Bears, who earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA South Region, won their first NCAA Tournament game in 60 years, advancing to the Elite Eight for the first time in the modern tournament era. Baylor finished the 2009-10 season ranked No. 10 in the final ESPN/USA TODAY Coaches Top 25 poll and No. 19 in the final AP Top 25 poll.

The Bears became a national media staple during the 2008-09 season as the program set several new school records. Baylor posted back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time in school history, while advancing to its first Big 12 Championship title game, only to fall to Missouri. During its improbable postseason run, Baylor became the first No. 9 seed to advance to the Big 12 Championship title game.

Baylor's 2008-09 squad did something the 2007-08 Bears were unable to accomplish -- win a postseason game. The Bears advanced to the NIT championship game with a semifinal win over San Diego State at Madison Square Garden before falling to Penn State in the title game.

Baylor played a school-record 39 games, including a school-record 34 on television. Nineteen of those 34 games were televised nationally -- 18 on the ESPN family of networks. Prior to the 2008-09 season, Baylor had played just 14 games on the ESPN family of networks in the previous 11 seasons.

PRIOR TO BAYLOR
In his decade of service at Heritage Christian, Tang led the program to four state championships and built the Eagles into one of the state's TAPPS powerhouses. His squad gained national attention in 2001, when one of Tang's Eagles, junior Cedrick Hensley, scored 101 points in a game.

Feeding off that success, Tang and Heritage Christian became known for producing Division I athletes. Heritage Christian's most-publicized recruit during Tang's tenure was Vakeaton "Von" Wafer, a 2003 McDonald's All-American who played at Florida State and was drafted with the 39th pick by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2005 NBA draft.

Tang's last two squads at HCA featured other Division I signees in Cedrick Hensley (Houston), Elijah Miller (Houston), Marlon Pompey (Texas A&M), Lamar Hurd (Oregon State), Tim Mayes (Richmond) and Tyler Jones (St. John's).

Tang was also the athletic director at Heritage Christian, a birth-through-high school private school that boasted 145 students and just 30 high school students (10th-12th grades). Away from the gym, Tang served as youth pastor at First Assembly of God.

PERSONAL
Tang earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Charter Oak State College in September 2007. Tang and his wife Careylyen are the parents of two, son Seven and daughter Aylyn.