New K-State coach Alexander signs five-year contract with Wildcats
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- K-State hires Casey Alexander on a five-year, $17M base-salary contract.
- Alexander brings 15 years as head coach and 303 career wins to Manhattan.
- At Belmont he won 166 games and this season went 26-? with a MVC regular-season title.
Kansas State has a new men’s basketball coach.
His name is Casey Alexander.
He joins the Wildcats after spending the past seven seasons at Belmont, where he won 166 games and claimed three regular-season conference championships. Now he is ready to take his skills to a higher level and coach in the Big 12.
“I’m incredibly excited to join the team at K-State and can’t wait to get the journey started,” Alexander said in a statement. “K-State has such a rich tradition and a wildly passionate fan base, and I’m grateful for the opportunity provided by Gene Taylor to be a part of it.”
Alexander agreed to become the next head coach at K-State on Thursday. The Wildcats formally announced the hire on Friday after Alexander signed a five-year contract that will pay him $17 million in base salary over the duration of the deal.
His starting salary will be $3.3 million for the 2026-27 basketball season. That number will increase by $50,000 each year he remains on the job. His salary will increase to $3.5 million for the 2030-31 season.
Other details of his contract weren’t disclosed.
K-State will hold an introductory news conference for him at 11 a.m. on Monday at the Shamrock Zone inside Bramlage Coliseum. The event is open to the public. Fans can also watch from home on ESPN+.
Belmont won 26 games and a Missouri Valley championship this season. It’s possible that Alexander will want to remain with the Bruins and coach them in a consolation tournament before he moves to Manhattan.
“We couldn’t be more excited to announce Casey Alexander as the next head men’s basketball coach at K-State,” athletic director Gene Taylor said in a statement. “We had significant interest in our job from numerous talented and successful coaches from around the country. What was evident throughout the search was the positive reputation of K-State basketball, and of the coaches we talked with Casey emerged as the one who best fit our program.
“He is known nationally as a tremendous evaluator of talent and one of the best offensive minds in the college game. He has built and maintained successful and winning programs at Stetson, Lipscomb and Belmont, and his reputation of developing players and a strong culture all make him a perfect fit for us.”
From the beginning of K-State’s search for a new basketball coach, Taylor said he was going to value experience.
Above all, the K-State athletic director wanted to hire someone who had spent extensive time as a head coach. Finding a proven winner was his top priority.
He appears to have landed someone who fits that exact mold.
Alexander comes to Manhattan with 15 years of experience as a head coach. He has won a combined total of 303 games during his career while working at three different schools.
Alexander was most recently at Belmont, where he guided the Bruins to seven consecutive 20-win seasons. This year, he helped Belmont win 26 games and claim a Missouri Valley regular-season championship.
He spent seven seasons at Belmont and finished with an overall record of 166-60.
Before that, he won consistently at Lipscomb and took that team to a NCAA Tournament. He also spent two seasons at Stetson.
The 53-year-old Alexander will replace Jerome Tang, who was fired midway through this past season, during which K-State lost 20 games and flirted with a last-place finish in the Big 12.
This story was originally published March 13, 2026 at 11:25 AM.