Staff Directory
Wes Long
- Title:
- Chief of Staff
- Email:
- Phone:
- (785) 532-6531
Wes Long is in his first season as the Chief of Staff at Kansas State in 2026-27 after being hired by head coach Casey Alexander on April 13.
“The opportunity to work with Coach Alexander, at a place as special as Kansas State, is both exciting and humbling at the same time.” said Long. “I've held the utmost respect for Casey as a basketball coach for a long time. As I got to know him better over the years, his character as a man and leader made me admire him even more. The chance to come alongside him and do it at tradition-rich K-State is such a blessing. My wife and I, along with our children, cannot wait to make Manhattan home and to help him build a program that will make all Wildcats fans proud."
A former Division II head coach at Queens University in Charlotte from 2008-13, Long has 22 years of coaching experience, including stints at Queens (2004-13), Chattanooga (2013-15), VCU (2015-17), UNC Asheville (2017-18) and Middle Tennessee State (2018-26).
Long joins the staff after eight seasons (2018-26) at Middle Tennessee State, including the four (2022-26) as associate head coach under head coach Nick McDevitt. He was part of 122 wins with the Blue Raiders, including 69 in Conference USA, with a pair of postseason appearances.
After enduring three consecutive losing seasons from 2018-21, including just 5 wins in 2020-21, the Blue Raiders rebounded to win nearly 58 percent (98-71) of their games in the last five seasons, including a pair of 20-win seasons. The 2021-22 squad made a 21-game improvement from that 5-win campaign to win 26 games and advanced to the finals of the CBI. The team won 22 games in 2024-25, including 12 in CUSA play, and lost in the first round of the NIT.
During his time in Murfreesboro, Long coached two C-USA Newcomers of the Year (Antonio Green and Essam Mostafa), 15 all-conference selections (including First Teamer Mostafa), four all-freshmen team picks and one member of the all-defensive team.
As the team’s defensive coordinator, Long helped the Blue Raiders to a number of high-water marks setting school records for steals (295) in 2021-22 and blocks average (4.8) and total blocks (159) in 2022-23. The squad also set the record for most blocks in a single game with 13 against Belmont on Dec. 10, 2022. As recently as 2024-25, he helped MTSU rank 19th in 3-point field goal percentage defense, 30th in rebounds per game and 42nd in defensive rebounds per game.
This past season, MTSU posted a 17-15 overall record, including an 11-9 mark in CUSA play, and had a pair of all-conference selections, including Third Team pick Torey Alston. The team held teams to 55 points or less on three occasions, most notably in a home game against Louisiana Tech on Jan. 2 when the Bulldogs scored just 51 points, which were fewest surrendered to a CUSA opponent since 2021-22.
Long followed McDevitt to MTSU after one season (2017-18) as an assistant coach at UNC Asheville, where the pair led the school to 21 wins, the Big South regular season Championship and an automatic bid to the NIT, where the Bulldogs lost to top-seed USC in double overtime. Big man Ahman Thomas was the Big South Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year, while Thomas was joined on the All-Big South First Team by MaCio Teague.
Long spent four seasons on head coach Will Wade’s staff at both Chattanooga (2013-15) and VCU (2015-17), where he was part of 91 wins and three postseason appearances (two NCAA Tournaments (2016, 2017) and one CollegeInsider.com Tournament (2014).
VCU advanced to the NCAA Tournament each of Long’s two seasons on staff, including a trip to the Round of 32 after a win over Oregon State in 2016, while compiling a 51-20 record. The Rams went an impressive 28-8 in Atlantic 10 play, tying for 2016 regular season title and appearing in two A10 Tournament Championship games.
Long was the position coach for Rams point guard JeQuan Lewis, who earned First Team All-A10 honors as a senior in 2017, while also coaching big man Mo Alie-Cox, who finished his career as the school’s all-time leader in field goal percentage. Alie-Cox is currently in his ninth season as a tight end for the Indianapolis Colts.
Long was part of 40 wins in two seasons (2013-15) with Chattanooga, including back-to-back runner-up finishes in the SoCon, with a trip to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament in 2014. He was instrumental in building a Mocs team that won a school-record 29 games and captured both the SoCon regular season and tournament titles in 2015-16.
Before becoming a Division I assistant in 2013, Long spent nine seasons (2004-13) at then Division II Queen University, where he rose from a graduate assistant (2004-06) to assistant coach (2006-08) before serving as head coach for his last five seasons (2008-13). He was part of 151 wins with the Royals, including 108 in Conference Carolinas play, with 3 trips to the Division II playoffs.
Long went 75-66 (.532) in his five seasons as head coach, building the Royals from a 7-win season in 2008-09 to consecutive conference regular season titles in 2011 and 2012. His 2010-11 squad won 21 games, including a 16-2 mark in Conference Carolinas play, and advanced to the second round of the Division II Southeast Region. He was named to league Coach of the Year.
Long was promoted to a full-time assistant and recruiting coordinator at Queens in 2006 and subsequently helped head coach Brian Good lead the Royals to back-to-back 20-win seasons and two NCAA Division II Tournament berths. He was promoted to head coach in June 2008.
A native of Mauldin, S.C., Long played as an undergraduate at Clemson, joining the Tigers in 2000-01 as a walk-on for head coach Larry Shyatt before moving into a role as a student assistant under Shyatt and Oliver Purnell.
Long earned a bachelor's degree in business management from Clemson in 2004 before adding a master’s in business administration from Queens in 2007.
Long and his wife, Martha, are the parents of two daughters, Abigail and Emma, and three sons, Canaan, Elijah and Boaz.
“The opportunity to work with Coach Alexander, at a place as special as Kansas State, is both exciting and humbling at the same time.” said Long. “I've held the utmost respect for Casey as a basketball coach for a long time. As I got to know him better over the years, his character as a man and leader made me admire him even more. The chance to come alongside him and do it at tradition-rich K-State is such a blessing. My wife and I, along with our children, cannot wait to make Manhattan home and to help him build a program that will make all Wildcats fans proud."
A former Division II head coach at Queens University in Charlotte from 2008-13, Long has 22 years of coaching experience, including stints at Queens (2004-13), Chattanooga (2013-15), VCU (2015-17), UNC Asheville (2017-18) and Middle Tennessee State (2018-26).
Long joins the staff after eight seasons (2018-26) at Middle Tennessee State, including the four (2022-26) as associate head coach under head coach Nick McDevitt. He was part of 122 wins with the Blue Raiders, including 69 in Conference USA, with a pair of postseason appearances.
After enduring three consecutive losing seasons from 2018-21, including just 5 wins in 2020-21, the Blue Raiders rebounded to win nearly 58 percent (98-71) of their games in the last five seasons, including a pair of 20-win seasons. The 2021-22 squad made a 21-game improvement from that 5-win campaign to win 26 games and advanced to the finals of the CBI. The team won 22 games in 2024-25, including 12 in CUSA play, and lost in the first round of the NIT.
During his time in Murfreesboro, Long coached two C-USA Newcomers of the Year (Antonio Green and Essam Mostafa), 15 all-conference selections (including First Teamer Mostafa), four all-freshmen team picks and one member of the all-defensive team.
As the team’s defensive coordinator, Long helped the Blue Raiders to a number of high-water marks setting school records for steals (295) in 2021-22 and blocks average (4.8) and total blocks (159) in 2022-23. The squad also set the record for most blocks in a single game with 13 against Belmont on Dec. 10, 2022. As recently as 2024-25, he helped MTSU rank 19th in 3-point field goal percentage defense, 30th in rebounds per game and 42nd in defensive rebounds per game.
This past season, MTSU posted a 17-15 overall record, including an 11-9 mark in CUSA play, and had a pair of all-conference selections, including Third Team pick Torey Alston. The team held teams to 55 points or less on three occasions, most notably in a home game against Louisiana Tech on Jan. 2 when the Bulldogs scored just 51 points, which were fewest surrendered to a CUSA opponent since 2021-22.
Long followed McDevitt to MTSU after one season (2017-18) as an assistant coach at UNC Asheville, where the pair led the school to 21 wins, the Big South regular season Championship and an automatic bid to the NIT, where the Bulldogs lost to top-seed USC in double overtime. Big man Ahman Thomas was the Big South Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year, while Thomas was joined on the All-Big South First Team by MaCio Teague.
Long spent four seasons on head coach Will Wade’s staff at both Chattanooga (2013-15) and VCU (2015-17), where he was part of 91 wins and three postseason appearances (two NCAA Tournaments (2016, 2017) and one CollegeInsider.com Tournament (2014).
VCU advanced to the NCAA Tournament each of Long’s two seasons on staff, including a trip to the Round of 32 after a win over Oregon State in 2016, while compiling a 51-20 record. The Rams went an impressive 28-8 in Atlantic 10 play, tying for 2016 regular season title and appearing in two A10 Tournament Championship games.
Long was the position coach for Rams point guard JeQuan Lewis, who earned First Team All-A10 honors as a senior in 2017, while also coaching big man Mo Alie-Cox, who finished his career as the school’s all-time leader in field goal percentage. Alie-Cox is currently in his ninth season as a tight end for the Indianapolis Colts.
Long was part of 40 wins in two seasons (2013-15) with Chattanooga, including back-to-back runner-up finishes in the SoCon, with a trip to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament in 2014. He was instrumental in building a Mocs team that won a school-record 29 games and captured both the SoCon regular season and tournament titles in 2015-16.
Before becoming a Division I assistant in 2013, Long spent nine seasons (2004-13) at then Division II Queen University, where he rose from a graduate assistant (2004-06) to assistant coach (2006-08) before serving as head coach for his last five seasons (2008-13). He was part of 151 wins with the Royals, including 108 in Conference Carolinas play, with 3 trips to the Division II playoffs.
Long went 75-66 (.532) in his five seasons as head coach, building the Royals from a 7-win season in 2008-09 to consecutive conference regular season titles in 2011 and 2012. His 2010-11 squad won 21 games, including a 16-2 mark in Conference Carolinas play, and advanced to the second round of the Division II Southeast Region. He was named to league Coach of the Year.
Long was promoted to a full-time assistant and recruiting coordinator at Queens in 2006 and subsequently helped head coach Brian Good lead the Royals to back-to-back 20-win seasons and two NCAA Division II Tournament berths. He was promoted to head coach in June 2008.
A native of Mauldin, S.C., Long played as an undergraduate at Clemson, joining the Tigers in 2000-01 as a walk-on for head coach Larry Shyatt before moving into a role as a student assistant under Shyatt and Oliver Purnell.
Long earned a bachelor's degree in business management from Clemson in 2004 before adding a master’s in business administration from Queens in 2007.
Long and his wife, Martha, are the parents of two daughters, Abigail and Emma, and three sons, Canaan, Elijah and Boaz.
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