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| '''Bill Self''' (born ], ] in ]) is the current head ] ] at the ], one of the most storied progams in men's college basketball history. Self is 46-13 in his second season at ] and 247-115 (.682) in his 12th season overall and 13-6 in ] tourney play. Last year, KU posted a 24-9 record and finished tied for first in the ] race at 12-4. |
'''Bill Self''' (born ], ] in ]) is the current head ] ] at the ], one of the most storied progams in men's college basketball history behind UCLA, Indiana, Kentucky, Duke, and Roy William's North Carolina Tarheels. Self is 46-13 in his second season at ] and 247-115 (.682) in his 12th season overall and 13-6 in ] tourney play. Last year, KU posted a 24-9 record and finished tied for first in the ] race at 12-4. He replaced ], who left KU for greener pasteurs to be the head coach at the ] in Chapel Hill in 2002. | ||
| He played collegiate basketball at ], where he was a four-year letterwinner between ] and ] and was an All-] 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 played collegiate basketball at ], where he was a four-year letterwinner between ] and ] and was an All-] 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. | ||
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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 progams in men's college basketball history behind UCLA, Indiana, Kentucky, Duke, and Roy William's North Carolina Tarheels. Self is 46-13 in his second season at KU and 247-115 (.682) in his 12th season overall and 13-6 in NCAA tourney play. Last year, KU posted a 24-9 record and finished tied for first in the Big 12 Conference race at 12-4. He replaced Roy Williams, who left KU for greener pasteurs to be the head coach at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill in 2002.
He 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
The University of Illinois hired Self, where he led that school to a 78-24 record over three seasons. In those three seasons, his teams achieved unprecedented success; two Big Ten regular-season championships, a Big Ten tournament title, and three straight NCAA tournament appearances. But coach Self's popularity in Champaign was greatly damaged when he resigned at Illinois to take a job to recruit players to Kansas, a school he had always dreamed of trying to coach even if it meant running it into the ground
He led Kansas to an Elite Eight in his first season at Kansas as well as the first round in his second, YIPEE!!! The Bucknell Bison, a school with no basketball tradition, embarrassed the poorly coached Jayhawks, a team consisting of 3 seniors that had been to the Final Four twice and Elite Eight once. However, in their final year for some reason, they didn't respond to the coach that took them to the Elite Eight the year before. For it was this season that Roy William's coached Tarheels and Bruce Weber's coached Illini met in the NC game, while Kansas players sat at home because Self couldn't coach. Oh well, maybe he can recruit players that don't need direction.