Bill Self

Bill Self (born December 27, 1962 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma) is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Kansas, one of the most storied programs in men's college basketball history. He replaced Roy Williams, who left KU to be the head coach at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 2003. Self played collegiate basketball at Oklahoma State University, where he was a four-year letterwinner between 1982 and 1985 and was an All-Big Eight freshman selection in 1982. He received his bachelor's degree in business in 1985 and a master's degree in athletic administration in 1989, both from Oklahoma State University.

He is a four-time finalist for the Naismith Coach of the Year Award (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003), and was named National Coach of the Year by The Sporting News in 2000.

Collegiate coaching history

Bill Self is considered one of the best young coaches in the game. At only 41 years old, Self ascended to the top of his profession, becoming the head coach at the traditional powerhouse University of Kansas.

After a successful playing career for Paul Hansen's Oklahoma State Cowboys, Self spent the 1985-1986 season on Larry Brown's coaching staff at the University of Kansas. Between 1986 and 1993, Self was an assistant coach at Oklahoma State University under Leonard Hamilton, then Eddie Sutton.

After Oral Roberts University, in the 1992-1993 season, compiled its worst record, 5-22, in its history, Self was hired as head coach of ORU. In his first season at ORU, the team managed just six victories. Things improved slightly the following year when ORU won ten games. In Self's third season at the helm, he guided the Golden Eagles to an 18-9 record. And in his fourth season, ORU registered a 21-7 record as the school made its first post season tournament appearance since 1983-1984 in the National Invitation Tournament.

After rebuilding the Golden Eagles to MidCon dominance, Self was hired by the University of Tulsa and spent three seasons (1998 to 2000) there, compiling a Tulsa-best 74-27 record. While at TU, he coached the Hurricanes to In two NCAA tournament appearances in 1999 and 2000. In 2000, TU went 32-5, setting a school single-season record for victories, as well as coaching the Golden Hurricane to their first-ever Elite Eight appearance.

The University of Illinois hired Self in 2000, and Self's teams compiled a record of 78-24 over three seasons. In those three seasons, Self led the Fighting Illini to two Big Ten regular-season championships, a Big Ten Tournament title, and three straight NCAA tournament appearances, including a run to the regional final in his first season. After the 2003 season, Self left Illinois to take his "dream job", the head coaching job at Kansas.

In his first season at Kansas Self led his new Kansas team to the Elite Eight at the NCAA tournament. There they took Georgia Tech to overtime before falling to the Ramblin' Wreck, finishing his first season at Kansas within 1 point of a Final Four appearance. In 2005, KU posted a 23-7 record and earned a share of the Big 12 Conference championship at 12-4. He again led the Jayhawks to win a share of the Big 12 Conference Championship and won the conference's Tournament Championship in 2006.

Self is 72-24 (.750) in his third season at KU and 279-129 (.683) in his 13th season overall and 13-8 in NCAA tourney play.

The postseason as a head coach

Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles 1994 - n/a

1995 - n/a

1996 - n/a

1997 - NIT

University of Tulsa Golden Hurricane

1998 -

1999 - NCAA 9 seed, second round, lost to 1st seeded Duke University Blue Devils

2000 - NCAA 7 seed, Elite Eight, lost to 8th seeded University of North Carolina Tarheels

University of Illinois Fighting Illini

2001 - NCAA 1 seed, Elite Eight, lost to 2nd seeded University of Arizona Wildcats

2002 - NCAA 4 seed, Sweet Sixteen, lost to 1st seeded University of Kansas

2003 - NCAA 4 seed, second round, lost to 5th seeded Notre Dame Fighting Irish

University of Kansas Jayhawks

2004 - NCAA 4 seed, Elite Eight, lost to 3rd seeded Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2005 - NCAA 3 seed, first round, lost to 14th seeded Bucknell University Bison

2006 - NCAA 4 seed, first round, lost to 13th seeded Bradley University Braves

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