1. At Kansas, Bill Self has led the team to 17 Big 12 regular season championships, four NCAA Final Four appearances, and to the NCAA Championship in 2008 and 2022.
18 Facts About Bill Self
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Bill Self was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2017.
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Bill Self is the winningest coach in Kansas history, having passed Hall of Famer Phog Allen on November 12,2024, and is the only coach in Kansas history to lead Kansas to multiple NCAA Tournament National Championships.
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Bill Self signed a lifetime contract extension with the Jayhawks in 2021.
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In 2022, Bill Self became the seventh coach to win multiple NCAA tournament championships since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams in 1985.
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Bill Self attended Edmond Memorial High School, where he was named Oklahoma High School Basketball Player of the Year in 1981.
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Bill Self received a basketball scholarship to play at Oklahoma State University.
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Bill Self was a letter winner all four years he played.
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Bill Self graduated with a bachelor's degree in business in 1985 and a master's degree in athletic administration in 1989, both from Oklahoma State.
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In 1985, Bill Self joined Larry Brown's coaching staff at the University of Kansas.
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Between 1986 and 1993, Bill Self was an assistant coach at Oklahoma State University under Leonard Hamilton, followed by Eddie Sutton.
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Bill Self took over for Roy Williams who left for his former team, North Carolina, after KU lost the 2003 National Championship game to Syracuse.
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Bill Self is the 9th fastest coach in NCAA history to win 600 games.
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On February 18,2017, Bill Self was announced as one of 14 finalists named from over 100 candidates to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
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Bill Self has denied throughout the investigation that the Kansas coaching staff knew Adidas was paying recruits to go there.
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Just before the start of the Big 12 Tournament, Bill Self endured a health issue and was unable to coach the Jayhawks for the postseason.
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On November 7,2023, Bill Self signed an amended lifetime contract with Kansas.
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Bill Self is married with two children, a daughter and a son.