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Revision as of 15:49, 19 January 2005 by 24.124.78.239 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Bill Self is the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Kansas. In his first season 2003-04, he had 24 wins tieing former KU head coach Dick Harp for the most wins by a first-year KU coach, and only Harp's 1956-57 team -- which advanced to the NCAA title game -- went further for a KU first-year coach than Self's Elite Eight squad.
Self spent seven seasons as an assistant coach at Oklahoma State University under then-OSU head coach Leonard Hamilton. In the three seasons prior to his arrival at ORU, Self served as an assistant on Eddie Sutton's staff at Oklahoma State.
Self spent the 1985-86 season on Larry Brown's coaching staff at the University of Kansas
He was head coach at Oral Roberts University, the University of Tulsa(1998 to 2000), and the University of Illinois. At Oral Roberts, before Self took over the reigns, ORU had compiled the worst record in the program's history with a 5-22 mark in 1992-93. Although Self 's first ORU team managed just six victories in 1993-94, the win total increased to 10 the following year. In his third season at the helm, Self guided the Golden Eagles to an 18-9 record. In 1996-97, ORU registered a 21-7 mark and made the school's first postseason tournament appearance since 1983-84, receiving an invitation to the NIT.
At Tulsa, he led the Golden Hurricane to a record of 74-27 in three seasons, including NCAA Tournament appearances in 1999 and 2000. Tulsa went 32-5 in 2000, setting a school single-season record for victories, and the Golden Hurricane made the NCAA Elite Eight that year.
At Illinois, he guided the Fighting Illini to a 78-24 record over three seasons, including two Big Ten regular-season championships, a Big Ten Tournament title and three straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
In 11 seasons as a head coach, Self has compiled an overall record of 231-114 (.670), including a 13-6 mark in NCAA Tournament play. He is a four-time finalist for the Naismith Coach of the Year Award (2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003), and he was named National Coach of the Year by The Sporting News in 2000.
Self is from Edmond, Oklahoma. Self competed collegiately at Oklahoma State, where he was a four-year letterwinner from 1982 to 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.